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United States v. Abu Khatallah

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided December 23, 2015No. Criminal No. 2014-0141PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge

On September 11 and 12, 2012, a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya was attacked, resulting in' the deaths of four Americans, including United States Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens. In an eighteen-count superseding indictment, a grand jury charged Defendant Ahmed Salim Faraj Abu' Khatallah with orchestrating and participating in the attack. Abu Khatallah has moved to dismiss all but one of the counts. He alleges that most of the statutes he is charged with violating cannot be . applied to conduct…

2Cases cited50 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Papachristou v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Staples v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. United States v. Abu KhatallahDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2016
  2. United States v. Abu KhatallahDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2017
  3. United States v. Francisco FloresCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2021
  4. United States v. KhatallahDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2016
  5. United States v. Al-ImamCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2019

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