IN RE DIONISIO

Nos. 71-1155, 71-1157.

442 F.2d 276 (1971)

In re Antonio DIONISIO and Charles Bishop Smith, Witnesses before the Special February 1971 Grand Jury. Antonio DIONISIO and Charles Bishop Smith, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank G. Whalen, Gerald M. Werksman, Chicago, Ill., for appellants.

William J. Bauer, U. S. Atty., Lee Allen Hawke, Asst. U. S. Atty., Sheldon Davidson, Herbert Beigel, Sp. Attys., Sidney M. Glazer, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, for appellee.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, and FAIRCHILD and KERNER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by Antonio Dionisio and Charles Bishop Smith from separate orders finding them in contempt of court and committing them to custody for failing to furnish voice exemplars to the Special February 1971 Grand Jury for the Northern District of Illinois.

On February 17 and 19, 1971, Dionisio and Smith, having been called before the grand jury and advised that they were potential defendants in its investigations, refused the jury's request...

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