MARZANI v. UNITED STATES

No. 9595.

168 F.2d 133 (1948)

MARZANI v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia.

Decided February 2, 1948.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1948.

Writ of Certiorari Granted June 21, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur Garfield Hays, of New York City, of the Bar of the State of New York, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, and Mr. Allan R. Rosenberg, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Charles E. Ford and Warren L. Sharfman, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. John M. Kelley, Jr., Special Asst. to the Atty. Gen., and Mr. Leo A. Roth, Attorney, Department of Justice, with whom Mr. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, both of Washington, D. C., and Miss Rosalie M. Moynahan, Attorney, Department of Justice, were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Sidney S. Sachs, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Mr. Belford V. Lawson, Jr., of Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Mr. Joseph Forer, of Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of the Civil Rights Congress as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and WILBUR K. MILLER and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.


Writ of Certiorari Granted June 21, 1948. See 68 S.Ct. 1531.

PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.

Appellant Marzani was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced for having made false and fraudulent statements in a matter within the jurisdiction of an agency of the United States Government in violation of Section 80 of Title 18 of the United States Code Annotated. From the judgment of the District Court he appealed.

Appellant's first point is that the first...

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