UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

No. 9223.

337 F.2d 180 (1964)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Thomas F. JOHNSON, J. Kenneth Edlin, and William L. Robinson, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 16, 1964.

Certiorari Granted January 25, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Cochran Doub, Baltimore, Md. (Weinberg & Green, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant Thomas F. Johnson.

William L. Robinson, pro se.

Eugene Gressman and Edward L. Genn, Washington, D. C. (Brown, Genn & Brown, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellant J. Kenneth Edlin.

J. Hardin Marion, III, Special Asst. U. S. Atty., and Arthur L. Burnett, Attorney, Department of Justice (Robert W. Kernan, First Asst. U. S. Atty., and David Ellenhorn, Attorney, Department of Justice, on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER, District Judge.


Certiorari Granted January 25, 1965. See 85 S.Ct. 703.

SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

Two members of the United States Congress and two other persons were jointly indicted for violations of both the conspiracy statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 371, and the conflicts of interest statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 281.1 After a jury trial the four defendants were convicted. One, Frank W. Boykin, a Representative from Alabama, paid his fine and has not...

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