Robert Heard

Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:California
Support
Black Panther Party
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Biography

Black Panther Party member and co-defendant of Huey P. Newton in the May 11, 1978 Seacliff (Santa Cruz) Mediterranean Lounge incident, charged with attempted murder, assault, and being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm; freed on bail. The Black Panther Vol. 18 no.17 (1978). [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v18 no.17; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Charges: Conspiracy to possess weapons; assaulting police officers; resisting arrest (August 1974 Fox nightclub arrest, Oakland)
Sentence: Verdict as recorded: No — Elaine Brown reported the eight had not been formally charged; disposition not located
Convicted: No

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