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United States v. Abdul Kareem — Ninth Circuit Reverses ISIS Material-Support Conspiracy Conviction for Insufficient Evidence of Direction or Control

The Ninth Circuit reversed Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem’s conviction for conspiring to provide material support to ISIS, holding that evidence of ideological sympathy and independent violence inspired by a terrorist group’s propaganda cannot sustain a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2339B witho

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Smothers v. Bonta — Ninth Circuit vacates improperly issued certificate of appealability and dismisses Double Jeopardy habeas appeal for lack of jurisdiction

The Ninth Circuit vacated a certificate of appealability because its certified question presented no constitutional issue and could provide no effectual relief, declined to expand it to the Double Jeopardy claim, and dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

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United States v. Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem — Ninth Circuit Affirms Firearms Conspiracy Conviction and Related Rulings, Reverses Count Five in Separate Published Opinion

The Ninth Circuit affirmed Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem’s convictions for conspiracy to transport firearms in interstate commerce and related charges, rejecting challenges to evidentiary rulings, sufficiency, Brady claims, sealed filings, and jury instructions, while reversing Count Five in a sepa

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People v. Rogers — Domestic violence prior acts properly admitted; probation conditions delegating treatment selection to probation officer upheld

The Court of Appeal affirmed an order suspending execution of sentence and granting probation after a jury convicted Earl Lamont Rogers of domestic violence offenses, holding that he forfeited his challenge to the admission of a prior threatening phone call by failing to object on the specific groun

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