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Albert Lima

AKA: Mickey Lima
Released
Full name:Albert Jason Lima
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
5 Years 10 Months 22 Days
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
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Biography

Albert 'Mickey' Lima was a Northern California Communist Party leader arrested in San Francisco in the July 1951 Smith Act roundup and held on heavy bail.

Northern California CPUSA chairman. Yates defendant; conviction reversed via Yates.

Cases

Charges: Smith Act (1951 Los Angeles prosecution; convictions reversed by Yates v. United States, 1957)
Arrested: Jul 25, 1951
Incarcerated: Jul 25, 1951
Released: Jun 16, 1957
Sentence: 5 years; reversed by Yates v. US 1957
Convicted: Yes
Charges: Smith Act — conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the government (California CP leader).
Sentence: Convicted; reversed on appeal.
Convicted: Arrested 1951; convicted; reversed after Yates (1957).