United States v. Ahmed Alahmedalabdaloklah

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 18-10435

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:12-cr-01263- v. ROS-

AHMED

ALAHMEDALABDALOKLAH, AMENDED

OPINION *

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Roslyn O. Silver, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 6, 2023 Phoenix, Arizona

Filed August 9, 2023 Amended February 28, 2024

Before: Susan P. Graber, Richard R. Clifton, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Christen

* See attached appendix for minor amendments made. SUMMARY **

Criminal Law

The panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the conviction, after a jury trial, of Ahmed Alahmedalabdaloklah (Oklah), a Syrian national, for participating in a conspiracy that targeted U.S. military personnel and property in Iraq. Reversing in part, the panel agreed with the parties that Oklah’s convictions on Counts Three and Four, for conspiring to possess a destructive device in furtherance…