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UNITED STATES v. LESPIER

No. 75-1479.

558 F.2d 624 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Alvan Colon LESPIER et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 24, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Ratner, New York City, with whom Margaret L. Ratner, New York City, was on brief, for appellants.

Mervyn Hamburg, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Julio Morales Sanchez, U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., and Sidney M. Glazer, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, VAN OOSTERHOUT and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

On March 3, 1972 the federal trial of a selective service case in Puerto Rico was interrupted by noise from sympathizers of the defendant who were in the courtroom. As the courtroom was being cleared, several assaults on deputy marshals occurred. As the result of a lineup of some 29 persons, held several hours after the incident, criminal proceedings for assault were commenced against six persons, five of whom are the appellants in this case....

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