Filed August 9, 2010
The Eleventh Circuit rightfully was dismissive of Snipes’s first argument because, as this Court recognized, that argument essentially claimed a heretofore unrecognized right to a bench trial before a jury trial on a factual issue that could not be reconciled with Supreme Court precedent. See United States v. Snipes, No. 08-12402, 2010 WL 2794190, at *7-*8 (11th Cir. July 16, 2010) (“This claim purportedly has a constitutional dimension. . . . Indeed, it would not have been proper for the district court to find the appropriate venue in a pretrial evidentiary hearing.”)