UNITED STATES v. ZUBER

Nos. 75-2015, 75-2265, 75-2051 and 75-2016.

528 F.2d 981 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edward Alfred ZUBER, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Howard FINKELSTEIN, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Dino GIAMBRONE, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Charles "Lamb Chop" SAN FILIPPO, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley I. Greenberg (argued), Kirschner & Greenberg, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellants in Nos. 75-2015 and 75-2265.

M. Daniel Markoff (argued), Federal Public Defenders, Las Vegas, Nev., for appellant in No. 75-2051.

John Pilkington, Raggio, Walker, Wooster & Pilkington, Las Vegas, Nev., Joseph Panzer, New York City, for appellant in No. 75-2016.

Craig Starr, Sp. Atty. (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Strike Force, Washington, D.C., DeVoe V. Heaton, U.S. Atty., Las Vegas, Nev., for appellee.

Before DUNIWAY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, District Judge.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Appellants present one common issue: whether a "strike force" prosecutor appointed under the special provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 515(a), is properly an "attorney for the government" within the meaning of Fed.R.Crim.P. 6(d).

Appellants rely on the reasoning of United States v. Crispino, 392 F.Supp. 764 (S.D.N.Y.1975). We are not persuaded that this is the correct view of the law;...

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