People v. Bellanca

The defendant, Peter J. Bellanca, an attorney at law, is charged with having committed perjury 1 when he testified before Circuit Judge James S. Thorburn, then sitting as a one-man grand juror, 2 that Ann Decker communicated with him because she wanted him to represent her as a lawyer, and that he did not solicit her.

Ann Decker appeared before the Thorburn one-man grand jury on July 18, 1967 and, at that time, she was represented by Mr. Bellanca. She again appeared before the grand jury on August 4, 1967, this time without counsel. The testimony alleged to be false was given by Mr. Bellanca…