UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

No. 260, Docket 24895.

254 F.2d 175 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided April 15, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Timbers, New York City (Maurice N. Nessen, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

Cornelius W. Wickersham, Jr., U. S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn, N. Y. (Warren Max Deutsch, Asst. U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, HINCKS, Circuit Judge, and BRENNAN, District Judge.


CLARK, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal on the merits in our now famous Johnson case, Johnson v. United States, 352 U.S. 565, 77 S.Ct. 550, 1 L.Ed.2d 593, reversing United States v. Johnson, 2 Cir., 238 F.2d 565, from a conviction for conspiracy, mail theft, and uttering and forging a United States Treasury check. In this case in reversing us the Supreme Court directed that provision be made for assistance...

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