Legal Opinion
United States v. Abdel Ghani Meskini, Also Known as Eduardo Rocha, Mokhtar Haouari
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 27, 2003No. Docket 02-1067PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Chief Judge.
The defendant-appellant Mokhtar Haou-ari was convicted after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (John F. Keenan, Judge) of conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist act and of four counts of fraud. This appeal presents an issue of first impression in the federal courts: whether the terrorism guideline, § 3A1.4 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (the “Guidelines” or “U.S.S.G.”), impermissibly double counts by increasing both the offense level and the criminal history category for a felony…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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3Cited by43 opinions
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