18 U.S.C. § 3235
Venue in capital cases
The trial of offenses punishable with death shall be had in the county where the offense was committed, where that can be done without great inconvenience.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1955–2026 · leading case: Smith v. United States
Smith v. United States (1959)
“§ 3432 , *9 whether venue is properly set, 18 U. S. C. § 3235 , whether the accused has the benefit of twenty rather than ten peremptory challenges, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 24 (b), whether indictment rather than information is necessary, Federal Rules of…”
United States v. Ronald Leland Kelley, United States of America v. Rodney Ray Jiruska (1992)
“18 U.S.C. § 3235 (Supp. Y, 1987). In establishing the Sentencing Commission, Congress specifically stated that [t]he purposes of the United States Sentencing Commission are to (1) establish sentencing policies and practices for the Federal criminal justice system that .”
Hiller Arthur Hayes v. United States (1961)
“Louis; this because 18 U.S.C. § 3235 provides: “The trial of offenses punishable with death shall be had in the county where the offense was committed, where that can be done without great inconvenience,” and because the opinion of the Supreme Court in Smith v.”
United States v. Taylor (2004)
“Pro 18 [DE 611]; and the Government’s Response to the Court’s Order Regarding The Constitutional Implications of 18 U.S.C. § 3235 [DE 612]”. BACKGROUND Defendants Thomas and Taylor are charged with various violations of federal law concerning a robbery and murder at the Firearms…”
United States v. Miller (2015)
“Congress has also enacted provisions addressing venue in capital cases, 18 U.S.C. § 3235 ; venue in cases of murder or manslaughter, 18 U.”
United States v. Gruberg (1979)
“), now codified at 18 U.S.C. § 3235 , on venue in capital cases.”
Norvell M. Bickford v. C. H. Looney, Warden (1955)
“shall so recommend, provided that the sentence of death shall not be imposed by the court if, prior to its imposition, the kidnaped person has been liberated unharmed, or (2) if the death penalty shall not apply nor be imposed the convicted person shall be punished by…”
United States v. Aiken (1999)
“1 First, Title 18 U.S.C. § 3235 , which provides that “[t]he trial of offenses punishable with death shall be had in the county where the offense was committed, where that can be done without great inconvenience.”
United States v. Salad (2012)
“at 16 (citing 18 U.S.C. § 3235 ), such arguments are irrelevant to the analysis of prejudice at this juncture.”
United States v. Bishop (1965)
“§ 1201 , is a capital offense, and the venue in capital cases is provided by 18 U.S.C. § 3235 to be in the county where the offense was committed, if trial can be had in that county without great inconvenience.”
United States v. Kaboni Savage (2020)
“” 18 U.S.C. § 3235 . Savage contends that the “language and history” of this statutory section “show that it encompasses the right to a jury drawn from the county of the offense.”
United States v. Mills (2019)
“§ 3235 , they are entitled to a petit jury drawn exclusively from Wayne County, Michigan, and not the nine counties that a jury would usually be drawn from for trials held in the Detroit division of the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division.”
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