SHELTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 17904.

327 F.2d 601 (1963)

Robert SHELTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. John Silard and Daniel H. Pollitt, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. William Hitz, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Robert L. Keuch, Attorney, Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for appellee.

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


WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Robert Shelton, was convicted1 of unlawful refusal to answer two questions2 propounded to him by the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Senate Judiciary Committee. His prior conviction on the same charges was reversed for failure of the first indictment to allege the limited subject under inquiry...

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