Hamid and Umer Hayat

Hamid Hayat (born September 10, 1982) is a United States citizen of Pakistani descent from Lodi, California. His father, Umer Hayat (born 1957 or 1958), immigrated to the United States from Pakistan and is a naturalized U.S. citizen. Together, they were the subjects of the first terrorism trial in the state of California. Both were alleged to be part of, or associated with, a terrorist sleeper cell.

Of the five men accused of membership in the purported terrorist cell, three were deported without charges. A jury was unable to reach a decision on whether Umer Hayat had lied about his son's purported participation in a terrorist training camp during a visit to Pakistan; he pled guilty to a customs violation. Hamid Hayat was convicted in 2006 and served 14 years of a 24-year prison sentence before his conviction was overturned in July 2019 by the same judge, after exonerating witness testimony was presented in court. The judge faulted the defense he had received at his original trial. In February 2020, the government moved to dismiss all charges against him. Provided by Wikipedia