U.S. v. HAMMAD

No. 882, Docket 87-1513.

846 F.2d 854 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Eid HAMMAD, a/k/a Eddie Hammad, and Taiseer Hammad, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean F. O'Shea, Asst. U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y. (Andrew J. Maloney, U.S. Atty., John Gleeson, Asst. U.S. Atty., of counsel), for appellant U.S.

Richard A. Greenberg, New York City (Robert Hill Schwartz, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Taiseer Hammad.

Harvey L. Greenberg, New York City (Washor, Greenberg & Washor, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Eid Hammad.

Before KAUFMAN, CARDAMONE and PIERCE, Circuit Judges.


IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

On November 30, 1985, the Hammad Department Store in Brooklyn, New York, caught fire under circumstances suggesting arson. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was assigned to investigate in conjunction with the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.

During the course of his investigation, an Assistant United States Attorney ("AUSA") discovered that the store's owners, Taiseer and Eid Hammad, had...

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