Cuellar v. United States

Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of certiorari.

Brief filed: 10/15/2007

Documents

Cuellar v. United States

United States Supreme Court; Case No. 06-1456

Question Presented

Whether merely hiding funds with no design to create the appearance of legitimate wealth is sufficient to support a money laundering conviction. Brief argues that the money laundering statute, 18 U.S.C. §1956, is subject to expansive interpretations that encourage broad, unintended and unfair applications of the statute.

Argument(s)

 

Author(s)

Craig D. Singer, John E. Clabby, David A. Taylor, Williams and Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C.