UNITED STATES v. CHANDLER

No. 469, Docket 31036.

380 F.2d 993 (1967)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Len CHANDLER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided July 12, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mordecai Rosenfeld, New York City (Abbott A. Leban, Irvington, N. Y., Peter C. Clapman, Forest Hills, N. Y., on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

Peter Fleming, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty. (Robert M. Morgenthau, U. S. Atty. for the Southern District of New York, John E. Sprizzo, Asst. U. S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HAYS and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges, and McLEAN, District Judge.


FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

In November 1965, a rally was held in Union Square for the announced purpose of burning draft-cards to protest the war in Vietnam. Four of the participants were subsequently prosecuted for that act under 50 U.S.C.App. § 462(b) (3). One pleaded guilty; the other three were tried before Judge Murphy sitting without a jury and were found guilty of violating that statute. Their convictions have recently been appealed to this court, Docket...

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