UNITED STATES v. BRAMBLETT

No. 159.

348 U.S. 503 (1955)

UNITED STATES v. BRAMBLETT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 4, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Barber argued the cause for the United States. With him on briefs were Solicitor General Sobeloff, Assistant Attorney General Olney, Beatrice Rosenberg, Ralph S. Spritzer and Richard J. Blanchard.

Edward Bennett Williams argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was Murdaugh Stuart Madden.


MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

On November 10, 1953, an 18-count indictment was returned in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, charging the appellee, a former member of Congress, with violations of 18 U. S. C. § 1001.1 During the course of the trial a judgment of acquittal was ordered on counts 8 through 18 of the indictment. The jury returned...

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