U.S. v. Spy Factory, Inc., No. S1 95 cr 737 (SS) (S.D.N.Y.) (951 F.Supp. 450) (January 8, 1997) (Judge Sonia Sotomayor)
Loaded on March 1, 1997
published in Punch and Jurists
March 24, 1997
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Vagueness/Overbreadth.
This case explores in depth two issues: whether the defendants were entitled to a change of venue and whether the criminal statutes involved (principally 18 U.S.C. § 2512, which prohibits the manufacture and distribution of illegal bugging and wiretapping devices) were void for vagueness. On the venue issue, the …
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