UNITED STATES EX REL. SHAKUR v. McGRATH

No. 257, Docket 34014.

418 F.2d 243 (1969)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Lumumba Abdul SHAKUR et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. Commissioner of Corrections George F. McGRATH, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided October 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald B. Lefcourt, Sanford Katz, and William Kunstler, New York City, for petitioners.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., State of New York, Joseph A. Phillips, Asst. Dist. Atty., New York County, for respondent.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and WATERMAN and KAUFMAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Petitioners, all but one members of the Black Panther Party, await trial in the New York courts on an indictment found on April 1, 1969, which charges attempted murder, arson, attempted arson, possession of dangerous weapons, and conspiracy, arising out of an alleged plot to destroy several midtown Manhattan buildings with high explosives. Originally, bail was set for all petitioners at $100,000 each; it was subsequently reduced to $25,000 for two petitioners...

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