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Morris Robinsky

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Florida
Support
Civil Liberties
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Biography

Morris Robinsky was cited for contempt in the 1954 Dade County 'subversive activities' probe for invoking the Fifth Amendment. He was convicted, his one-year term was voided in November 1954, and he was later threatened with a new indictment.

Case

Charges: Contempt —.
Sentence: One year (voided November 1954); later threatened with a new indictment. Verdict as recorded: Convicted; one-year term voided November 1954. Charges as recorded: Contempt — for refusing, on Fifth Amendment grounds, to answer a Dade County 'subversive activities' probe.
Convicted: Yes