15-1175 United States of America v. C. Gregory Turner Case No.

By: Derek Hawkins//October 10, 2016//

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7^th Circuit court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. C. Gregory Turner

Case No.: 15-1175

Officials: Kanne, Rovner, and Sykes, Circuit Judges

As noted in the general unclassified opinion in this case, Defendant Gregory Turner was convicted of willfully conspiring, with Prince Asiel Ben Israel, to provide services for Zimbabwean Specially Designated National (“SDNs”), a group of government officials and related individuals deemed to be blocking the democratic processes or institutions of Zimbabwe. Both Turner and Ben Israel are U.S. persons.

This is the supplemental classified opinion addressing Turner’s claims, on appeal, that the government’s investigation violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”) and that the obtained or derived evidence should have been suppressed. Having reviewed the unclassified and classified record, we find that the order of the district court denying suppressions of the FISA evidence and its evidentiary fruits was proper.

Affirmed

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