United States v. Rezaq, Omar Mohammed

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• explaining that “autopsy photographs are highly prejudicial, and [the circuit court] will not disturb a district court’s decision regarding their admissibility ‘absent a clear abuse of discretion’ ”
• relying on Yunis to hold that “section 1472(n)’s ‘afterward found in the United States’ language did not preclude jurisdiction even though the United States brought Rezaq into its territory against his will”
• approving district court’s CIPA substitution rulings where “[n]o information was omitted from the substitutions that might have been helpful to Rezaq’s defense”
• approving substitutions where “[n]o information was omitted from [them] that might have been helpful to [the] defense, and the discoverable documents had no unclassified features that might have been disclosed”
• reserving question of whether, once material has been identified as helpful to the defendant, courts may nevertheless still balance “the defendant’s interest in disclosure against the government’s interest in secrecy”
• approving substitutions where “[n]o information was omitted from [them] that might have been helpful to [the] defense, and the discoverable documents had no unclassified features that might have been disclosed”

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