TRANSFER OF FEDERAL OFFENSES COMMITTED IN MORE THAN ONE DISTRICT OR DIVISION

Authors

Lester B. Orfield, Professor of Law, Indiana University, School of Law, Indianapolis DivisionFollow

Abstract

Rule 21 (b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure provides: "The court upon motion of the defendant shall transfer the proceeding as to him to another district or division, if it appears from the indictment or information or from a bill of particulars that the offense was committed in more than one district or division and if the court is satisfied that in the interest of justice the proceeding should be transferred to another district or division in which the commission of the offense is charged."

Recommended Citation

Lester B. Orfield, TRANSFER OF FEDERAL OFFENSES COMMITTED IN MORE THAN ONE DISTRICT OR DIVISION, 51 Mich. L. Rev. 31 (1952).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol51/iss1/3