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Bart v. United States, 349 U.S. 219 (1955)
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Bart v. United States, 349 U.S. 219 (1955)
Bart v. United States No. 117 Argued April 5, 1955 Decided May 23, 1955 349 U.S. 219
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
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1. Summoned to testify before a congressional investigating committee, petitioner refused to answer certain questions on the ground of his constitutional privilege against self-incrimination. The committee did not specifically overrule his objection or direct him to answer.
Held: in his trial for a violation of 2 U.S.C. § 192, the District Court should have entered a judgment of acquittal, because the committee had failed to lay the necessary foundation for a prosecution under § 192. Quinn v. United States, ante, p. 155. Pp. 219-223.
2. The requirement of criminal intent not having been satisfied at the time of the hearing, it could not be satisfied nunc pro tunc by abandonment of petitioner’s objection two and a half years later on an appeal from his conviction for a violation of 2 U.S.C. § 192. Pp. 221-222.
91 U.S.App.D.C. 370, 203 F.2d 45, reversed.
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MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Bart v. United States, 349 U.S. 219 (1955), in 349 U.S. 219, Original Sources. 25 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VR8UWW91S2UA7QL.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Bart v. United States, 349 U.S. 219 (1955). cited in 1955, 349 U.S. 219. Original Sources, retrieved 25 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VR8UWW91S2UA7QL.
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