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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issues opinions in cases captioned In re Terrorist Bombings of U.S. Embassies in East Africa

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issues opinions in cases captioned In re Terrorist Bombings of U.S. Embassies in East Africa: The Second Circuit has today issued three separate rulings: one opinion addresses a defendant's Fourth Amendment challenges; another opinion addresses the other defendants' Fifth Amendment challenges; and the third opinion addresses the defendants' remaining challenges to their federal criminal convictions.

The syllabus for each opinion begins, "Defendants appeal from judgments of conviction entered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Leonard B. Sand, Judge) following a jury trial in which defendants were found guilty of offenses arising from their involvement in an international conspiracy--led by Osama Bin Laden and organized through the al Qaeda terrorist network--to kill American citizens and destroy American facilities across the globe."

The bottom line is that the defendants' convictions are affirmed but one defendant must be resentenced.

Update: In early coverage, The Associated Press reports that "Appeals court in NYC upholds convictions."

Full post as published by How Appealing on November 24, 2008 (boomark / email).