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(See Jordan v. United States, 233 F. 2d 362, 368-369 , the opinion below; see, also, Lampe v. United States, 288 F. 2d 881 , supra, in which the court explains the Jordan decision as involving “ exceptional circumstances ” and not the general rule.) In Hodges v. United States ( 282 F. 2d 858 , cert, granted 365 U. S. 810 ) the defendant failed to appeal.
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Killian
v.
United States
No. 141.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Feb 20, 1961.
365 U.S. 810
M. Michael Essin and Basil R. Pollitt for petitioner. Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Yeagley and George B. Searls for the United States.
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C, A. 7th Cir. Certiorari granted, limited to Questions 3 and 6 presented by the petition, which read as follows:

“3. Whether instructions to the jury properly defined membership in and affiliation to the Communist Party.

“6. Whether the production of statements which report payments to those witnesses, as informers, is excused after a complete foundation for their production under 18 U. S. Code § 3500 is laid, when all that the government has offered to produce at trial is a list of the amounts and dates of payments and there is no evidence as to what other facts are reported in those statements.”