SILVERMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 66.

365 U.S. 505 (1961)

SILVERMAN ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 6, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Bennett Williams argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was Agnes A. Neill.

John F. Davis argued the cause for the United States. On the briefs were Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Wilkey, Beatrice Rosenberg, J. F. Bishop and Julia P. Cooper.


MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioners were tried and found guilty in the District Court for the District of Columbia upon three counts of an indictment charging gambling offenses under the District of Columbia Code. At the trial police officers were permitted to describe incriminating conversations engaged in by the petitioners at their alleged gambling establishment, conversations which...

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