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Convicted Russian arms dealer Bout loses bid for new U.S. trial
Source: Reuters
US | Mon Oct 26, 2015 6:38pm EDT
Convicted Russian arms dealer Bout loses bid for new U.S. trial
NEW YORK | BY JONATHAN STEMPEL
A Manhattan federal judge said convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence, does not deserve a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence.
U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin on Monday said Bout, 48, did not meet the high legal standard of showing that his November 2011 jury conviction should be thrown out.
Jurors convicted Bout of conspiring to kill U.S. soldiers through his agreement to sell arms to informants posing as members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, which the U.S. government had deemed a foreign terrorist organization, and conspiring to acquire and export anti-aircraft missiles.
Bout had been arrested in Bangkok, Thailand in March 2008 on weapons trafficking charges following a global sting operation.
In seeking a new trial, Bout claimed he could not have been involved in a conspiracy with former business associate Andrew Smulian, who testified against him at trial, because Smulian was a government agent throughout the investigation.
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Convicted Russian arms dealer Bout loses bid for new U.S. trial
NEW YORK | BY JONATHAN STEMPEL
A Manhattan federal judge said convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence, does not deserve a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence.
U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin on Monday said Bout, 48, did not meet the high legal standard of showing that his November 2011 jury conviction should be thrown out.
Jurors convicted Bout of conspiring to kill U.S. soldiers through his agreement to sell arms to informants posing as members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, which the U.S. government had deemed a foreign terrorist organization, and conspiring to acquire and export anti-aircraft missiles.
Bout had been arrested in Bangkok, Thailand in March 2008 on weapons trafficking charges following a global sting operation.
In seeking a new trial, Bout claimed he could not have been involved in a conspiracy with former business associate Andrew Smulian, who testified against him at trial, because Smulian was a government agent throughout the investigation.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/26/us-usa-crime-bout-idUSKCN0SK2RN20151026
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