Legal Opinion
United States v. Mohammad Reza Ehsan
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 15, 1998No. 98-4036PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Chief Judge WILSON joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Chief Judge:
Mohammad Reza Ehsan was indicted for shipping equipment in violation of a ban on exports to Iran. See Exec. Order No. 12959, 60 Fed.Reg. 24757 (1995). Ehsan claimed that Executive Order 12959 and its implementing regulations, 31 C.F.R. §§ 560.203-.205, .406, were ambiguous. The district court agreed and, applying the rule of lenity, dismissed two counts of Ehsan’s indictment. We hold that the Executive Order and the Iranian…
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