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UNITED STATES v. AHMAD

Crim. No. 14950.

347 F.Supp. 912 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff, v. Eqbal AHMAD, Philip Berrigan, Elizabeth McAlister, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Pennsylvania.

As Amended September 5, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Lynch, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Internal Security Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., S. John Cottone, U. S. Atty., Scranton, Pa., William Connelly, Paul J. Killion, J. Philip Krajewski, Sp. Attys., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States.

Ramsey Clark, R. Stan Mortenson, Kenneth C. Bass, III, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Terry F. Lenzner, Washington, D. C., William C. Cunningham, S. J., William J. Bender, New York City, J. Thomas Menaker, McNees, Wallace & Nurick, Harrisburg, Pa., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HERMAN, District Judge.

Before this court are two post trial motions submitted by defendants Philip Berrigan, a Roman Catholic priest, and Sister Elizabeth McAlister, a nun. Philip Berrigan was convicted on four counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1791; Elizabeth McAlister was convicted on three counts of violating the same statute. The so-called "contraband" statute2 essentially prohibits the smuggling into...

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