U.S. v. YUNIS

No. 89-3208.

924 F.2d 1086 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America v. Fawaz YUNIS, a/k/a Nazeeh, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 29, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis D. Carter, Washington, D.C. (appointed by the court), for appellant.

John F. De Pue, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and Jennifer E. Levy, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MIKVA, Chief Judge, WALD and RUTH BADER GINSBERG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Chief Judge:

Appellant Fawaz Yunis challenges his convictions on conspiracy, aircraft piracy, and hostage-taking charges stemming from the hijacking of a Jordanian passenger aircraft in Beirut, Lebanon. He appeals from orders of the district court denying his pretrial motions relating to jurisdiction, illegal arrest, alleged violations of the Posse Comitatus...

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