Legal Opinion
United States v. Si Lu Tian, Also Known as Ah Long
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 12, 2003No. 02-1502PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Tian Si Lu (Lu) 1 appeals from a judgment of conviction after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Koeltl, for (1) conspiring to hold Chinese nationals hostage in violation of the Hostage Taking Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1203(a), (2) taking hostage of a Chinese national and holding her for ransom in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1203(a) & 2, (3) conspiring to smuggle over 100 Chinese nationals into the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, and (4) smuggling a Chinese national into the United States in…
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