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U.S. v. BEYLE

Nos. 13-4895, 13-4897.

782 F.3d 159 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Abukar Osman BEYLE, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shani Nurani Shiekh Abrar, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 3, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James Ellenson , Law Office of James Stephen Ellenson, Newport News, Virginia; Lawrence Hunter Woodward, Jr. , Shuttleworth, Ruloff, Swain, Haddad & Morecock, PC, Virginia Beach, Virginia, for Appellants. Benjamin L. Hatch , Office of the United States Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Dana J. Boente , United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, Joseph E. DePadilla , Assistant United States Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia, Brian J. Samuels , Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Newport News, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY and Judge SHEDD joined.

Appellants Abukar Osman Beyle and Shani Nurani Shiekh Abrar were each convicted on twenty-six criminal counts arising from the armed abduction and murder of four U.S. citizens off the coast of Somalia. Beyle and Abrar were part of a group of nineteen pirates who seized a yacht and captured the four Americans on board. The...

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