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U.S. v. MIKHEL

Nos. 07-99008, 07-99009.

889 F.3d 1003 (2018)

United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Iouri MIKHEL, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jurijus Kadamovas, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 9, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin L. Coleman (argued), Coleman & Balogh LLP, San Diego, California; Barbara E. O'Connor , O'Connor & Kirby P.C., Burlington, Vermont; Margaret Hills & O'Donnell, Frankfort, Kentucky; for Defendant-Appellant Jurijus Kadamovas.

Michael Tanaka (argued), Deputy Federal Public Defender; Hilary Potashner , Federal Public Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California; Sean J. Bolser , Federal Capital Appellate Resource Counsel Project, Federal Defenders of New York, Brooklyn, New York; Statia Peakheart , Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellant Iouri Mikhel.

Michael A. Brown (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Lawrence S. Middleton , Chief, Criminal Division; Sandra R. Brown , United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Alexey V. Tarasov , Houston, Texas, for Amicus Curiae Government of the Russian Federation.

Before: Jay S. Bybee, Milan D. Smith, Jr., and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Table of Contents

I. BACKGROUND ... 1016

A. The Hostage-Taking Conspiracy... 1016

1. Death of Meyer Muscatel ... 1016

2. Death of Rita Pekler ... 1017

3. Death of Alexander Umansky ... 1017

4. Deaths of Nick Kharabadze and George Safiev ... 1018

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