Legal Opinion
United States v. Howard Mechanic, United States of America v. Lawrence Kogan
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 13, 1972No. 71-1022, 71-1117PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
The defendants, Howard Mechanic and Lawrence Kogan, bring direct appeals from their convictions by juries for violation of 18 U.S.C. § 231(a) (3), one of the anti-riot provisions of the Civil Obedience Act of 1968. Mechanic was sentenced to five years in the custody of the Attorney General; Kogan was sentenced under the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 4208(b).
Although the defendants were tried separately, substantially the same witnesses were produced and the same evidence adduced at each trial.
The evidence showed that on the evening of May 4, 1970, 1 a protest demonstration…
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