Legal Opinion
United States v. Madhatta Haipe
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 31, 2014No. 11-3003PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.
The defendant, Madhatta Asagal Haipe, pleaded guilty to four counts of hostage- taking in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1203 and 2 and was sentenced in 2010. His conviction stems from his leadership role in a December 1995 kidnapping of 16 civilians from a recreation area in the southern Philippines, including nationals of the Philippines and the United States. A factual proffer agreed on by the parties explains that after Haipe and his associates seized the hostages, Haipe released four, demanding that…
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