Yates v. United States

356 U.S. 363 (1958)

YATES

v.

UNITED STATES.

No. 841.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 5, 1958.

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT.

Ben Margolis and Leo Branton, Jr. for petitioner.

Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Tompkins and Philip R. Monahan for the United States.

This case has a long history, the course of which must be summarized for understanding of the Court's disposition. On July 26, 1951, petitioner was arrested for conspiracy to violate the Smith Act, 18 U. S. C. §§ 371, 2385, and was released on…