Legal Opinion
State v. Levitt
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided January 25, 1965No. 30,611PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArterburn, C. J.
This is a criminal action commenced by a grand jury indictment of the appellees for the alleged violation of Section 5 of the Indiana AntiCommunism Statute, being the Acts of 1951, Ch.. 226, §5, p. 648, as found in Burns’ Ind. Stat. Anno. (1956 Repl.) §10-5205.
*277The indictment, following the wording of the statute, alleged that the appellees on May 2,1963:
"... did then and there assemble for the purpose of advocating and teaching the doctrine that the government of the United States and of the State of Indiana should be overthrown by force, violence, and any unlawful means, voluntarily…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Engel v. VitaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Aptheker v. Secretary of StateSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by8 opinions
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