SMILOW v. UNITED STATES

No. 924, No. 72-1738.

465 F.2d 802 (1972)

Jeffrey H. SMILOW, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 20, 1972.

Judgment Vacated October 24, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hyman Bravin, New York City, for appellant.

Henry Putzel, III, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Whitney North Seymour, Jr., U. S. Atty. for Southern District of New York, Joseph Jaffe and Shirah Neiman, Asst. U. S. Attys., on the brief), for appellee.

Before FEINBERG, MULLIGAN and OAKES, Circuit Judges.


Judgment Vacated October 24, 1972. See 93 S.Ct. 268.

FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Jeffrey H. Smilow, a 17-year old high school student, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Edward Weinfeld, J., holding appellant in contempt for refusing to answer certain questions asked him by a duly constituted grand jury and sentencing him to jail for 30 days unless he purged himself sooner by answering the questions...

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