UNITED STATES v. FORT

No. 22746.

443 F.2d 670 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America v. Jeff FORT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1970.

As Amended December 31, 1970.

Certiorari Denied June 21, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Marshall Patner and William W. Brackett, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Mr. John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Mr. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., was on the brief, for appellee. Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., at the time the record was filed, and John D. Aldock, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered appearances for appellee.

Before TAMM, ROBINSON and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied June 21, 1971. See 91 S.Ct. 2255.

MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was convicted on two counts of being in contempt of Congress on July 9, 1968 in violation of 2 U.S.C. § 192.1 He is here appealing this conviction.

The Senate proceedings out of which this conviction ultimately arose originated with the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Senate...

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