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Billy Allen

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Michigan
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
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Biography

Billy Allen was one of six Detroit Smith Act defendants whose convictions were set aside after the Yates decision. Through 1958 they awaited the government's decision on whether to retry them; the prosecutions were ultimately abandoned.

Case

Charges: Smith Act — conspiracy to advocate the overthrow of the government
Sentence: Conviction reversed; awaiting (abandoned) retrial Verdict as recorded: Convicted; new trial ordered after Yates
Convicted: Yes