Legal Opinion

United States v. Malek al-Maliki

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided May 27, 2015No. 14-3386PublishedCited by 92 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McKEAGUE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which SUTTON, J., joined, and GIBBONS, J., joined except for Part II.B.l. GIBBONS, J. (pg. 797), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and in the judgment.

OPINION

McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.

A jury of his peers found Malek al-Maliki guilty of a heinous crime: sexually abusing his own two children, ages twelve and three. Al-Maliki challenges several aspects of his conviction and sentence. His constitutional challenge to his conviction is a close call, but it ultimately fails under plain-error review. The rest of his challenges fail as…

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