United States v. Cabrales

Vickie Cabrales (defendant) deposited $40,000 tied to Missouri cocaine sales into a Florida bank and made four separate $9,500 withdrawals there, with all of her own transactional conduct occurring entirely within Florida; she was indicted in the Western District of Missouri on conspiracy and money-laundering charges, and moved to dismiss for improper venue. The district court denied the motion as to the conspiracy count but granted it as to the two money-laundering counts, an intermediate appellate court affirmed, and the government sought Supreme Court review.