 Luis v. United States

Luis v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ (2016), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the pre-trial restraint of assets needed to retain a defendant's counsel of choice when those assets have not been used in conjunction with criminal activity.United States federal law allows courts to freeze a criminal defendant's assets when that individual is accused of violating federal banking or healthcare laws.