Legal Opinion
United States v. Al Kassar
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 21, 2011No. Docket 09-1051-cr(L), 09-1057-cr(Con), 09-3972-cr(Con)PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:
Defendants Monzer al Kassar, Luis Felipe Moreno Godoy, and Tareq Mousa al Ghazi appeal their criminal convictions, entered after jury trials in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Rakoff, J.), for conspiring to kill U.S. officers, to acquire and export anti-aircraft missiles, and to knowingly provide material support to a terrorist organization. Al Kassar and Godoy were also convicted of conspiring to kill U.S. citizens and of money laundering. Defendants argue on appeal that federal subject-matter jurisdiction is lacking, that…
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