Legal Opinion
United States v. Ahmed Ressam, Also Known as Benni Antoine Noris, United States of America v. Ahmed Ressam, Also Known as Benni Antoine Noris
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 16, 2007No. 05-30422, 05-30441PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYMER, Circuit Judge:
Ahmed Ressam trained with members of al Qaeda in Afghanistan and hatched a plot to detonate explosives at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in the days before the new Millennium. He was charged with, and convicted of, nine counts of criminal activity connected to this plot. Res-sam challenges his conviction on one of these counts, Count 9, for carrying an *599explosive during the commission of a felony — making false statements on a customs declaration — in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(h)(2). The issue is whether § 844(h)(2) must be read to include a relational element…
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