Legal Opinion

United States v. Le

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided August 27, 2018No. 16-819-cr; August Term 2017PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtReena Raggi, Circuit Judge

Defendant Cheng Le stands convicted after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Alison J. Nathan, Judge ) of three crimes: (1) attempting to acquire the lethal biological toxin ricin in violation of the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989 (the "Biological Weapons Act"), Pub. L. No. 101-298, 104 Stat. 201 (1990) (codified as amended at 18 U.S.C. §§ 175 - 178 (2002) ); (2) using a false name to conduct the aforementioned unlawful activity by means of the United States Postal Service in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1342 ; and (3) aggravated…

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