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CG 176-28 On February 14, 1970, near the end of the abov@ trial, HOFFMAN was cited by trial Judge JULIUS J. pene for criminal contempt of court on 23 separate coun as a result of his actions and statements in court during that trial. He was sentenced to a total of t | eight months in the custody of the Attorney General, bond was denied and on February 14, 1970, he was incarcerated z in Cook County Jail, Chicago, On February 28, 1970, the USCA, Chicago, issued an order for the release of HOFFMAN on bond, set in the amount of $25,000, On May 11, 1972, the USCA reversed the conterpt convictions of HOFFMAN and remanded them to the USDC, Chica;o, for a new trail before a judge other than the orivinnl trial judge, On November 1, 1972, Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) GARY STARKMAN, Northern District of Illinois (NDI), Chicago, advised that on October 30, 1972, United States Supreme Court Chief Justice YARREN BURGER had announced the appointment of USDC Judge f£UWAR}) T. GIGNOUX, Portland, Maine, to rchcar the contempt convictions of HOFFMAN, and his fellow defendants from the Conspiracy Seven trial, likewise cited for contempt by Judge HOFFMAN, On November 29, 1972, AUSA STARMAN advised the Government had determined that in the retrlal jo ects: ftnunledadw WirlTitaw edtvtn, af th, aweéatinA? fun nt: tae eee eR LUNE A eh SaACCT Gi Tne or 45 420NGL twenty-thr ec contempt citations would be dropped, with only seven to be prosecuted, On October 29, 1973, trial of HOFFMAN and his associates comnuenced in USDC, Chicago, on the contempt charges. On Novenber 3, 1973, after defense arguments for directed verdicts of acquittal on all counts, Judge GIGNOUX dismissed two of the seven remainins counts arainst HOFFMAN. On December 4, 1973, at the conclusion of the bench trial, Judge GIGNOUX acgquittcd NOF}YMAN on three of the five cuntempt counts and odjudged him puilty on the remaining two, He set December 6, 1973 for sentencing. On December G, 1973, Judge GIGNOUX discharged anu released HOFF'AN, statin; that in the present circunstances surrounding this retrial, he felt the guilty finding was sufficient punighment and that some four years after the original trial, no warrant existed for imposition of a jail sentence on HOFFMAN beyond the time already served by him (February 14, 1970 - “ebruary 28, 1970), -— Om ow