United States v. Ahmed Brika

OPINION

BOGGS, Chief Judge.

DefendanU-Appellant Ahmed Brika was tried for conspiracy to commit a kidnapping offense and for using a telephone to extort money in exchange for the release of a kidnapped person. The jury found him guilty of the second offense, but was unable to reach a verdict on the first, as to which the judge declared a mistrial. He was then sentenced to twenty years in prison. Brika appeals his conviction and sentence, claiming that: (1) the judge improperly instructed the jury; (2) venue was improper; (3) the judge erred in refusing to admit documentary evidence that Brika…