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8 wy 4 NY 100-162445 6 "? D “hae . ws om ~ ~—- wie wus en D. Arrests ‘. j 1. Arrest in Washington, DC bIC bof 4 On April 7, 1971, United rt eals, Weshington, DC » advise 4 s that the case of ABBIE HOFFMAN b- ) e United States (Case Nurder 23514) in a unanimous -. opinion, was reversed and a judgerent was entered reversing Fe the judgement of the United States District Court./.c) roy bj Ey: =<: advised that an order was | entered on Apr ; 71, amending the opinion but that this amendment pertained only to form and did not affect the substance of the opinion whatsoever. (,) ae: +2: that this appeal was based on HOFFMAN's convaictio December 20, 1968, in the Court of General Sessions, District of Columbia, on a charge of defiling the American flag by wearing a shirt resembling the flag. (-c) A The March 29, 1971, edition of the "Evening Star", a WDC daily newspaper, contained an article on Page A-4 entitled, "court Rules Hoffman Didn't Desecrate Flag", and written by BARRY KALB, This article stated in part as follows:/,,) "The U. S. Court of Appeals today ruled that the flag-shirt worn by Yippie Abbie Hcffman to a 1968 congressional hearing did not constitute a desecration of the American flag./(~) re oe” a ps fF e ‘