Legal Opinion
United States v. Muhammad Jalal Deen Akbar, AKA Gerald Leland Marity
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1983No. 82-1244PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Akbar was convicted of one count of air piracy, in connection with the April 9, 1980 *379hijacking of a commercial airplane from Ontario, California to Havana, Cuba. Seven crew members were on board during the flight. Akbar surrendered to Cuban officials in Havana and reappeared in Miami on November 18, 1981.
The hijacker was described by crew members as a black man with a mole on the left side of his nose. The descriptions of his height and weight varied significantly. Four of the seven crew members who viewed a photospread five weeks after the hijacking identified…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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