No. 18-240
Kirk Tang Yuk v. United States
Response Waived
Tags: co-conspirator-testimony criminal-procedure criminal-venue due-process government-overreach jurisdiction prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment telephone-call-evidence venue venue-manipulation witness-location
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2018-10-05
Related Cases:
18-237
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Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a prosecutor can manufacture venue in a particular district solely by bringing a cooperating witness to a favored district and having the witness identify his location during a government-arranged telephone call to his alleged co-conspirator
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a prosecutor can manufacture venue in a particular district solely by bringing a cooperating witness to a favored district and having the witness identify his location during a government-arranged telephone call to his alleged co-conspirator. (1)
Docket Entries
2018-10-09
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
2018-09-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-08-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 24, 2018)
Attorneys
Kirk Tang Yuk
Jonathan Robert Ference-Burke — Ropes & Gray LLP, Petitioner
Jonathan Robert Ference-Burke — Ropes & Gray LLP, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent