UNITED STATES v. HAMZEH

No. 19-3072.

986 F.3d 1048 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Samy M. HAMZEH, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 3, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan H. Koenig , Matthew Dean Krueger , Adam H. Ptashkin , Attorneys, Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Craig W. Albee , Attorney, Federal Defender Services of Eastern Wisconsin, Incorporated, Milwaukee, WI, Joseph Aragorn Bugni , Attorney, Federal Defender Services of Eastern Wisconsin, Incorporated, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Easterbrook, Manion, and Rovner, Circuit Judges.


Samy Mohammed Hamzeh was charged with illegal possession of two machineguns and a silencer, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d). Before trial, he raised an entrapment defense, arguing he was induced by government informants and lacked the predisposition to obtain these weapons. In four pretrial orders,

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