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LEBRON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 12317, 12318, 12319, 12320.

229 F.2d 16 (1955)

Lolita LEBRON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Rafael Cancel MIRANDA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Andres Figueroa CORDERO, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Irving Flores RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 13, 1955.

Petition for Rehearing Denied February 24, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Ben Paul Noble and James C. Toomey, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. H. Hugo Perez, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. John C. Conliff, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and Lewis Carroll and John D. Lane, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, WASHINGTON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.

WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

The four appellants, who are Puerto Ricans and fanatical members of an anti-American political party on that island, had a meeting February 28, 1954, in New York, where they were then residing. They planned to go to Washington the next day for the purpose of visiting the Capitol and demonstrating for Puerto Rican independence by shooting at members of Congress. They arrived in the District of Columbia shortly after noon March 1 and...

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