Legal Opinion
United States v. Amina Farah Ali
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 4, 2012No. 11-3512PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
A jury found Amina Farah Ali guilty of twelve counts of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, al-Shabaab, and one count of conspiring to do so, all in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2339B(a)(l). During the trial, the district court cited Ali for criminal contempt for repeatedly failing to stand when the court convened and recessed as required by a pretrial order. After her first failure to stand, Ah objected to the order as violating her right to the free exercise of religion. The court overruled the objection, ultimately cited Ali twenty…
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