Legal Opinion
United States v. Kassar
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 14, 2008No. S3 07 CR 354(JSR)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
JED S. RAKOFF, District Judge.
After the defendants in this case moved to dismiss the Indictment, the Court, by Order dated September 5, 2008, denied defendants’ motions in all respects. This Memorandum explains the reasons for that Order. 1
The five-count Indictment in this case charges that, between February 2006 and May 2007, defendants Monzer A1 Kassar, Tareq Mousa A1 Ghazi, and Luis Felipe Moreno Godoy conspired to provide Fuer-zas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (“FARC”), an international terrorist group, with millions of dollars worth of weapons to be used to kill United…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Hampton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- United States v. HasanDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2010
- People v. DonastorgSuperior Court of The Virgin Islands · 2010
- United States v. UmehDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2011
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