UNITED STATES v. BISHOP

No. 75-1899.

555 F.2d 771 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cameron David BISHOP, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

May 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur H. Bosworth, II, Denver, Colo. (James L. Treece, U.S. Atty., Denver, Colo., with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Michael E. Tigar, Washington, D.C. (Harold A. Haddon, Louis M. Fischer, Denver, Colo., John Mage and Cameron David Bishop, pro se, with him on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

Before LEWIS, Chief Judge, and BREITENSTEIN and SETH, Circuit Judges.


BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

The issue is whether a 1950 Presidential proclamation of a national emergency applies to sustain a prosecution for sabotage committed in 1969. Defendant was convicted of three counts of an indictment for sabotage and sentenced to concurrent seven-year terms. We reverse.

The indictment charges that with intent to interfere with, and obstruct, defense activities of the United States the defendant-appellant Bishop wilfully injured...

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