UNITED STATES v. SHELTON

Crim. A. No. 825-62.

211 F.Supp. 869 (1962)

UNITED STATES of America v. Robert SHELTON.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

December 19, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Hitz, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., John Silard, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


YOUNGDAHL, District Judge.

On May 21, 1962, the defendant's conviction of contempt of Congress, 2 U.S.C. § 192, was reversed by the Supreme Court, 369 U.S. 749, 82 S.Ct. 1038, 8 L.Ed.2d 240 (1962), sub nom. Russell v. United States, on the ground that his original indictment in May, 1956, was fatally defective because it failed to identify the subject under congressional subcommittee inquiry at the time the witness was interrogated...

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