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http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jan/21/211648/ruling-hampers-prosecution-megahed-case/
“Ruling Hampers Prosecution In Megahed Case”
By ELAINE SILVESTRINI | The Tampa Tribune
Published: January 21, 2009
Updated: 01/21/2009 04:48 pm
SNIPPET: “A federal appeals court handed prosecutors a defeat this afternoon in the case of a former University of South Florida student awaiting trial on charges he illegally transported explosives.
The prosecution lost its appeal of a ruling by U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday in the case of Youssef Megahed. Prosecutors wanted to be allowed to show jurors videos investigators found on Megahed’s family computer of rockets firing in the Middle East.”
SNIPPET: “Prosecutors said showing the videos was crucial to proving Megahed’s intent when he traveled with Mohamed to South Carolina. The two were arrested in 2007 after deputies in South Carolina found what they said were explosive devices in the trunk.
The defense argued the videos were irrelevant and inflammatory and that the only issue to be decided at trial is whether the items in the trunk meet the legal definition of explosives.”
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221913/posts
Jurors acquit Megahed of both counts in explosives trial
St. Pete Times ^ | Apr 03, 2009 04:27 PM | Justin George
Posted on April 3, 2009 4:45:59 PM PDT by dawn53
Twenty months after a traffic stop in Goose Creek, S.C., catapulted two University of South Florida students into a federal explosives case that raised the specter of terrorism, one of those students has been set free by a panel of 12 jurors.
Youssef Megahed, 23, is not guilty, the jury said.
Not guilty of illegally transporting explosives materials.
Not guilty of possessing a destructive device.
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