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SOBELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 314, Docket 33029.

407 F.2d 180 (1969)

Morton SOBELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided January 14, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas I. Emerson, New Haven, Conn. (Marshall Perlin, New York City, and David Rein, Washington, D. C.), for appellant.

Stephen F. Williams, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Robert M. Morgenthau, U. S. Atty. for the Southern District of New York, and Charles P. Sifton, Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel), for appellee.

Before MOORE, FRIENDLY and HAYS, Circuit Judges.

HAYS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Morton Sobell, was arrested on August 18, 1950, and charged with violating the Espionage Act.1 Bail was set at $100,000. Sobell did not post bail and remained in custody until, following his indictment and subsequent conviction, he was sentenced on April 5, 1951, to imprisonment for 30 years, then the statutory maximum term for the offense of which he was convicted.

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