U.S. v. ELEFANT

No. 1764, Docket 93-1176.

999 F.2d 674 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Neal ELEFANT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 27, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Lewin, Washington, DC (Ellen Fels Berkman, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Washington, DC, Dennis Rappa, New York City (on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

Sarah N. Chapman, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City (Roger S. Hayes, U.S. Atty., Nelson W. Cuningham, Asst. U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before: NEWMAN, Chief Judge, LUMBARD and PRATT, Circuit Judges.


JON O. NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

This appeal is a sad tale of high moral teachings gone awry. A devout Jew, employed by the FBI as a translator of wiretapped conversations in a sensitive investigation of a major money-laundering scheme, became aware that a new recruit was about to join the criminal operation. Mindful of the Biblical command, "Thou shalt ... not suffer sin upon [thy neighbor]," Leviticus 19:17, he sought...

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