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Appeal: 13-4897 Doc: 71 Filed: 04/03/2015 Pg: 1 of 33 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 13-4895 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. ABUKAR OSMAN BEYLE, Defendant - Appellant. No. 13-4897 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. SHANI NURANI SHIEKH ABRAR, Defendant - Appellant. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Rebecca Beach Smith, Chief District Judge. (2:11-cr-00034-RBS-DEM-2; 2:11-cr-00034-RBS- DEM-3) Argued: January 29, 2015 Decided: April 3, 2015 Before WILKINSON, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges. Appeal: 13-4897 Doc: 71 Filed: 04/03/2015 Pg: 2 of 33 Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Gregory and Judge Shedd joined. 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. 2 Appeal: 13-4897 Doc: 71 Filed: 04/03/2015 Pg: 3 of 33 WILKINSON, Circuit Judge: 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.
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