United States Ninth Circuit

Venue on wire fraud charges was not proper in Arizona under 1) the "continuing offense" statute (18 U.S.C. section 3237(a)) where the offense did not begin or continue there, nor under 2) the "high seas" statute (18 U.S.C. section 3238) because the offense did not begin in Mexico.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/12/2002
• Decided 08/22/2002
• Published 08/22/2002

Judges

• GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:, Before: GOODWIN, HAWKINS and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Bruce R. Heurlin,Karp, Heurlin & Weiss, Tucson, AZ, for the defendant-appellant., Christina M. Cabanillas, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Tucson, AZ, for the plaintiff-appellee.