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UNITED STATES v. FRANKLIN

No. F Cr 82-16.

546 F.Supp. 1133 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Joseph Paul FRANKLIN, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. Indiana, South Bend Division.

August 30, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christina McKee, Asst. U. S. Atty., Fort Wayne, Ind., Daniel F. Rinzel, Barry F. Kowalski, Criminal Section, Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

J. Frank Kimbrough, Fort Wayne, Ind., for defendant.

Lawrence Gunnels, Samuel Fifer, Charles C. Post, Reuben & Proctor, Chicago, Ill., Joseph S. Van Bokkelen, Goldsmith, Goodman, Ball & Van Bokkelen, Highland, Ind., Richard W. Cardwell, Ober, Symmes, Cardwell, Voyles & Zahn, Indianapolis, Ind., for intervenor newsgathering organizations.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SHARP, Chief Judge.

I.

The defendant, Joseph Paul Franklin, was charged with violating the civil rights of Vernon E. Jordan in Fort Wayne, Indiana on May 29, 1980 by attempting to shoot him. The case was tried before this judge in South Bend, Indiana and the trial concluded on August 17, 1982. The trial involved a number of unique security problems to the court, its personnel, witnesses, and the defendant himself. The trial...

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