BOECKENHAUPT v. UNITED STATES

No. 11499.

392 F.2d 24 (1968)

Herbert W. BOECKENHAUPT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 1, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Plato Cacheris, Alexandria, Va., (Court-appointed counsel) [James C. Cacheris, Alexandria, Va. (Court-appointed counsel) on brief] for appellant.

Robert L. Keuch, Atty., Dept. of Justice (J. Walter Yeagley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Kevin T. Maroney, Atty., Dept. of Justice, and C. Vernon Spratley, Jr., U. S. Atty., on brief) for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and WINTER and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.


CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

We affirm the decision of the district court imprisoning Herbert W. Boeckenhaupt for a term of 30 years for violations of the espionage statutes, 18 U.S.C. § 793 and 18 U.S.C. § 794.1

In April 1966 the defendant met with an employee of the Soviet Embassy under curious circumstances from which it might be inferred that the parties did not wish to be observed. Even prior to that meeting Boeckenhaupt...

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