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UNITED STATES v. RODRIGUEZ-MORENO

No. 97-1139.

526 U.S. 275 (1999)

119 S.Ct. 1239

143 L.Ed.2d 388

UNITED STATES v. RODRIGUEZ-MORENO

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 30, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Q. Wolfson argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Waxman, Assistant Attorney General Robinson, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, and Daniel S. Goodman.

John P. McDonald, by appointment of the Court, 525 U.S. 806, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Jeffrey T. Green and Robert C. Nissen.*

Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Stevens, J., joined, p. 282.

Justice Thomas, delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents the question whether venue in a prosecution for using or carrying a firearm "during and in relation to any crime of violence," in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 924(c)(1), is proper in any district where the crime of violence was committed, even if the firearm was used or carried only in a single district.

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