U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal of Ahmed Ressam case

U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal of Ahmed Ressam case, Seattle P-I, Dec. 7, 2007. The Court granted certiorari today.

Federal prosecutors argue that the 22-year sentence that Judge Coughenour (W.D. Wash.) imposed was too short.

Click here to see earlier posts about Ressam's case. One links to the 9th Circuit case the Court will review. One links to an op-ed piece Judge Cougenour wrote in the New York Times.

If you want to follow the case in the Supreme Court, here's a link to the docket for United States v. Ressam, no. 07-455.

UW notes: Judge Coughenour teached Advanced Trial Advocacy here; Ressam's attorney, Federal Public Defender Thomas Hillier, is a Trial Ad instructor.