United States Fifth Circuit

Convictions of illegally exporting computer equipment, money laundering, dealing in property of a designated terrorist, and related offenses are affirmed for 4 of 5 co-defendants over their various unmeritorious challenges, including insufficiency of the evidence, improper admission of hearsay evidence, and improper jury instructions. One defendant's conviction was reversed, however, on certain of the charges where the government's prosecution of him breached an unambiguous plea agreement stemming from earlier charges involving the very same facts and circumstances.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/29/2008
• Published 12/29/2008

Judges

• HAYNES, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, BARKSDALE and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Susan B. Cowger, Nathan Franklin Garrett, Dallas, TX, J. Cam Barker (argued), Jeffrey Peter Singdahlsen, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Crim., Div., Washington, DC, for U.S., Gregory Sherwood (argued), Austin, TX, for Ihsan Elashyi., Bertrand C. Moser (argued), Law Office Bertrand C. Moser, Houston TX, for Hazim Elashi., Joseph L. Hood, Jr. (argued), Windle, Hood, Alley, Norton, Brittain & Jay, LLP, El Paso, TX, for Bayan Elashi, Camille M. Knight (argued), Smith Amundsen, Chicago, IL, for Basman Elashi., Robert Jackson Herrington (argued), Plano, TX, for Ghassan Elashi