United States Fourth Circuit

Defendant, convicted of being a non-immigrant alien in possession of a firearm, was not a member of the family of a diplomatic agent for purposes of the Vienna Convention, and therefore did not have diplomatic immunity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/23/2004
• Published 01/23/2004

Judges

• Before WILLIAMS, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Salim Ali, Becker, Hadeed, Kellogg & Berry, P.C., Springfield, Virginia, for Appellant.  David Howard Laufman, Assistant United States Attorney, Office Of The United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, Office Of The United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.