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Costello v. United States

350 U.S. 819 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1955-10-10 Docket No. 72 English

Judges Mr. Justice Clark and Mr. Justice Harlan took no part in the consideration or decision of this application.

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p. 819
No. 72.
Costello v. United States.
Osmond K. Fraenkel, Morris Shilensky and Joseph Leary Delaney for petitioner. Solicitor General Sobeloff, Assistant Attorney General Holland, Marvin E. Frankel, Ellis N. Slack and Joseph M. Howard for the United States.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted limited to question 1 presented by the petition for the writ which reads as follows:

“1. May a defendant be required to stand trial and a conviction be sustained where only hearsay evidence was presented to the grand jury which indicted him?”

Mr. Justice Clark and Mr. Justice Harlan took no part in the consideration or decision of this application.