CRM/LAW C144 Chapter Notes - Chapter United States v Barker: Bernard Barker, Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers
19 Jun 2017
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Underlying facts, the actual crime that took place. Two of the footsoldiers of the watergate affair come before us this time to challenge their convictions under 18 usc 241 for their parts in the 1971 burglary of the office of. Ellsberg, the source of the pentagon papers leak: after his psychiatrist, dr. They were trained agents, accustomed to rely on the discretion of their superiors and to operate entirely on a need-to-know basis. Did as instructed, but no file with the name ellsberg was found: the only funds they received were reimbursement for living expenses, costs of travel, and for lost income. Indicted under 18 usc 241 for conspiring to violate the fourth amendment rights of. Fielding by unlawfully entering and searching his office. The judgment of the district court is reversed and the case is remanded for a new trial. Judge merhige: pointing to model penal code 2. 04(3)(b)
