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U.S. v. ASHQAR

No. 07-3879.

582 F.3d 819 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Abdelhaleem Hasan Abdelraziq ASHQAR, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 2, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Ferguson, Attorney (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

William B. Moffitt, Attorney (argued), Moffitt & Brodnax, Alexandria, VA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Abdelhaleem Hasan Abdelraziq Ashqar, a Palestinian, was convicted of obstruction of justice and criminal contempt after he refused to answer certain questions before a grand jury. Because the grand jury was investigating alleged terrorist acts of Hamas, the district court applied the terrorist enhancement in U.S.S.G. § 3A1.4. As a result, Ashqar's advisory Guideline sentence range on one count jumped from 24-30 months to 210-262 months. The...

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