Silbert v. United States

FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

These four cases 1 present pre-indictment questions raised by the recent decisions of the Supreme Court in Marchetti v. United States, 390 U.S. 39, 88 S.Ct. 697, 19 L.Ed.2d 889 (January 29, 1968) and Grosso v. United States, 390 U.S. 62, 88 S.Ct. 709, 19 L.Ed.2d 906 (January 29, 1968). A brief review of Marchetti and Grosso is in order. 2

Marchetti was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut for violations of the federal wagering tax statutes. Specifically, Marchetti was found guilty of conspiring to evade the annual…