Soldier convicted in '03 grenade attack vs. fellow troops will have appeal hearing

The hearing for 43-year-old Hasan K. Akbar is scheduled for Nov. 18 in Washington, D.C.

Prosecutors say that as a sergeant in 2003, Akbar threw four hand grenades into tents as members of his division slept, then fired his rifle at soldiers in the ensuing chaos. Air Force Maj. Gregory L. Stone was killed by a grenade. Army Capt. Christopher S. Seifert was fatally shot in the back. Fourteen soldiers were wounded, mostly from grenade shrapnel.

Akbar was sentenced to death in 2005. His appeal challenges his trial counsel's performance.

Akbar was based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He's being held in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

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