United States v. Eid Hammad, A/K/A Eddie Hammad, and Taiseer Hammad, 855 F.2d 36

ORDER ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

Petition for rehearing in United States v. Hammad, 846 F.2d 854 (2d Cir.1988) (Kaufman, Cardamone and Pierce, Circuit Judges).

Denied

Before KAUFMAN, CARDAMONE and PIERCE, Circuit Judges. IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

The panel’s unanimous opinion, filed May 12, 1988, addressed the concerns raised by the government’s petition for rehearing. While we do not customarily set forth reasons for denial of a petition for rehearing, because the briefs submitted by petitioners and amici curiae evince some confusion as to the thrust of our opinion in Hammad, we provide the following clarification.

As we stated in our opinion, DR 7-104(A)(1) “ ‘would not require that government investigatory agencies refrain from all use of informants to gather information.’ ” United States v. Hammad, 846 F.2d 854, 860 (2d Cir.1988) (quoting United States v. Jamil, 707 F.2d 638, 645 (2d Cir.1983)). To the contrary, the opinion expressly assures a prosecutor’s ability to utilize informants to gather facts for law enforcement purposes — subject to ethical and legal restrictions. Thus, when a prosecutor “authorized by law” employs legitimate investigative techniques and conducts his inquiry in accordance with DR 7-104(A)(l), the use of an informant to gather information will be protected.

The concerns raised in the government’s petition for rehearing were appropriately weighed in Hammad. It follows that there is no reason to alter the text of the opinion to cover hypothetical cases in futu-ro. Accordingly, the government’s petition for rehearing should be denied.

Case Details

Case Name: United States v. Eid Hammad, A/K/A Eddie Hammad, and Taiseer Hammad

Court Name: Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Date Published: Aug 24, 1988

Citations: 855 F.2d 36; 882, Docket 87-1513

Docket Number: 882, Docket 87-1513

Court Abbreviation: 2d Cir.