United States v. Ivanov

MEMORANDUM and ORDER

AUGELLI, District Judge:

Defendant Ivanov and a codefendant, John William Butenko, were convicted of conspiring to transmit to the Soviet Union information relating to the national defense of the United States. 1 The convictions, with a modification not here material, were affirmed by the Court of Appeals. United States v Butenko, 384 F.2d 554 (3 Cir. 1967).

Following affirmance of the convictions, and while the cases were pending in the United States Supreme Court, it was there revealed that the Government had engaged in electronic surveillances which might have violated…