Legal Opinion
United States v. Abdella Tounisi
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 21, 2018No. 17-3325PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
Federal agents thwarted Abdella Tounisi's plans to travel to Syria to join Jabhat al-Nusrah, a militant terrorist group associated with al-Qaida, when they arrested him at an airport gate while awaiting a flight to Turkey. He pleaded guilty to knowingly attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, and the district court sentenced him to the statutory maximum of 15 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release. Tounisi argues on appeal that the district judge procedurally erred at sentencing in four ways: (1) he did not sufficiently address Tounisi's…
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