DOJ-OGR-00021049.pdf

Case 22-1426, Document 59, 02/28/2023, 3475902, Page2 of 113 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ...............................................................................................................................v STATEMENT OF SUBJECT MATTER AND APPELLATE JURISDICTION .......................................................1 STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES PRESENTED FOR REVIEW ........................................................................2 STATEMENT OF THE CASE..........................................................................................................................4 A. The Trial ..............................................................................................................................................6 SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT ..................................................................................................................8 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................11 POINT I ALL COUNTS SHOULD BE DISMISSED PURSUANT TO THE NON-PROSECUTION AGREEMENT ...............13 A. The NPA ............................................................................................................................................13 B. Appellant may enforce the NPA as a third-party beneficiary...............................................................16 C. The "potential co-conspirators" provision binds the USAO-SDNY, and Annabi is not to the contrary ........16 1. Introduction...................................................................................................................................16 2. Annabi does not apply because the NPA was negotiated and entered into outside of the Second Circuit .......................................................................................................................................................25 3. Annabi does not apply to Count Six because that count falls wholly within the timeframe contemplated by the NPA...............................................................................................................................30 4. There is affirmative indication that the NPA binds the USAO-SDNY .......................................................33 5. If it is reasonable to conduct a hearing, then Annabi is a tiebreaker that only applies if ambiguity remains after the hearing ...............................................................................................................................38 i DOJ-OGR-00021049