U.S. v. AL-SMADI

No. 93-2099.

15 F.3d 153 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Zuhair I. AL-SMADI a/k/a, Sudgi Asad, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

January 24, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on the Briefs:*

Stuart L. Stein, P.A., Santa Fe, NM, for defendant-appellant.

Larry Gomez, Acting U.S. Atty., and Robert J. Gorence, Asst. U.S. Atty., Albuquerque, NM, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MOORE, ANDERSON and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


PAUL KELLY, Jr., Circuit Judge.

After normal working hours, the federal courthouse in Santa Fe, New Mexico is closed to the public. See generally 41 C.F.R. § 101-20.302 (1993). Consistent with normal practice, this occurred at 4:30 p.m. during the second day of Mr. Al-Smadi's five-day trial for wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1343. The court security officers failed to keep the front doors of the courthouse open past 4:30 p.m., given that a trial was in progress...

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