Legal Opinion

United States v. Khalid Hamdan

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided December 11, 2018No. 18-1327PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Kanne, Circuit Judge.

*353 Khalid Hamdan appeals his 2014 conviction on three counts related to his activities involving XLR-11, a Schedule I synthetic cannabinoid used to make the street drug "spice." On appeal, Hamdan argues the district court abused its discretion by granting the government's motion to quash Hamdan's subpoenas of two Wisconsin state troopers. The troopers previously arrested and questioned Hamdan after a 2012 traffic stop where Hamdan possessed a different synthetic cannabinoid. According to Hamdan, this evidence would have supported his defense that he honestly believed…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. McFadden v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  2. United States v. Christian PetersonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
  3. United States v. AshmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
  4. United States v. Edward Kuzniar and George PistasCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
  5. United States v. Abidemi AjayiCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. United States v. Alexander BebrisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2021
  2. United States v. Lamont ColemanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2025
  3. United States v. John JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2022
  4. DeLeon-Reyes v. GuevaraDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2020
  5. Hamdan v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2020

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