defendant with no criminal history sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for criminal syndicalism
How later courts described this case
- defendant with no criminal history sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for criminal syndicalism
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The opinion
There was no overt act upon defendant's part proven in this case. I do not believe that the mere fact that defendant was a member of the Communist party is sufficient in itself alone to justify his conviction of the crime with which he was charged. *Page 610
For that reason and for the reasons stated by Mr. Justice BELT in his dissenting opinion, with which I concur, I am compelled to dissent from the majority opinion in this case.