UNITED STATES v. CASSIDY

No. 78-5151.

616 F.2d 101 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Esther CASSIDY, John Schuchardt, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 1, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sebastian K. D. Graber, Alexandria, Va. (Graber, Stetler & Townsend, Alexandria, Va., David McC. Estabrook, Gattsek, Tavenner, Rosenfeld & McConnell, Ltd., Baileys Crossroads, Va., on brief), for appellants.

Daniel Cisin, Third Year Law Student (William B. Cummings, U. S. Atty., Robert F. McDermott, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., J. Mark Manner and John F. Greaney, Sp. Asst. U. S. Attys., Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER and HALL, Circuit Judges, and THOMSEN, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Defendants were convicted of depredation of government property in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1361 when they threw or poured blood and ashes on the walls and ceiling of the Pentagon in the course of a demonstration against the design and possession of nuclear weapons. They appeal, contending that the district court erroneously limited their defense and that the district court prejudicially interfered with their...

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