United States Second Circuit

Defendant's convictions for conspiracy to kill United States nationals, United States officers and employees, to acquire and export a missile system designed to destroy aircraft, and to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, are affirmed, where: 1) an international sting operation of the kind undertaken in this case does not constitute either vindictive prosecution or outrageous government conduct; 2) government application of "coercive political pressure" on a foreign government to secure a defendant’s extradition does not render that defendant's prosecution improper; 3) the district court correctly rejected defendant's claim that his prosecution violated the doctrine of specialty; and 4) the indictment sufficiently charged defendant, even though it did not refer explicitly to "murder."

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/27/2013
• Published 09/27/2013

Judges

• CABRANES

Court

• United States Second Circuit

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