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tee . Pi NY 100-161445 8 C : te. ak At ne noe ey Se: eee es 4 "Named defendants were the District of Columbia; the Federal Government; Kenneth L. Hardy, director of the District's Department of Corrections, and Charles Rodgers, superintendent of the District jail. “ Ay: Nad Bye soc ee at ony "Mr. Hoffman was jailed on a charge of desecrating the American flag during a demonstration. He was convicted but is free pending appeal." ’ The records of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Washington, D.C., as reviewed by an SA of the FBI on August 15, 1969, disclosed that on August 14, 1969, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment rendered by Judge ANDREW J. HOWARD, Jr., of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions convicting the subject of defiling the American flag by wearing a shirt resembling the flag and sentencing him to pay a fine of $100.00 or serve 30 days in jail on November 20, 1968. "The Evening Star" in its issue of August Li, 1969, en page B-l, carried an articie entitled "Yippie Appeal Is Rejected in U.S. Flag Case", which stated as follows: "The conviction of Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman for desecrating the American flag last fall - was upheld today by the D.C. Court of Appeals. Hoffman was arrested Oct. 3 when he wore a shirt resembling the flag to a congressional hearing. "The court ruled that Hoffman's conduct amounted to ‘defiling' the flag in violation of a new federal law that makes such activity a crime. ; "Speaking for a three-judge panel, Chief Judge Andrew M. Hood rejected the contention of Hoffman's attorney, Gerald B. Lefcourt, that the law is unconstitutional. wy AK <3 JAR ates | he ¥ eS i “3, . ne ya