U.S. v. KOYOMEJIAN

No. 90-50218.

946 F.2d 1450 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wanis KOYOMEJIAN, Raffi Kouyoumjian, Simon Kouyoumjian, Agop Kouyoumjian, Ohanes Khawaloujian, Salim Chalhoub, Rita Sorfazian, Dalida Avakian, Avedis Khawaloujian, Jimmy Contreras, Raul Vivas, Hamayak Atayan, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 15, 1991.

Rehearing Granted and Opinion Amended January 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Werksman, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Howard L. Weitzman, Steve Cochran, David R. Fields, Katten Muchin Zavis & Weitzman, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees Wanis Koyomejian and Simon Kouyoumjian.

Before NORRIS, REINHARDT and HALL, Circuit Judges.


REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question whether federal law enforcement officers may legally subject individuals to video surveillance as part of a domestic criminal investigation, and if so what standards govern such surveillance. We join the four other circuits that have faced this question and found that, properly conducted, video surveillance in domestic criminal investigations is lawful, although we base our conclusion on somewhat different...

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