Key legal question
Whether the Federal Criminal Court failed to make adequate individual factual findings and reasoning for each accused person
Extracted holding
Yes. The judgment lacked individualized factual findings and a sufficient weighing of the evidence, making review of the application of federal law impossible.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the first instance treated all accused jointly and only summarily, without examining the alleged acts, evidence, and defense objections person by person, in breach of the duty to adjudicate the charged facts and to give reasons.