Sam Coleman

Released
Full name:Samuel Irving Coleman
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
6 Months 17 Days
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
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Biography

Sam Coleman was a Communist Party official tried in San Francisco for sheltering Smith Act fugitives Robert Thompson and Sidney Steinberg during the McCarthy era. He was convicted of harboring on April 26, 1954 and sentenced to three years.

Case

Charges: Harboring Communist Smith Act fugitives
Arrested: Aug 27, 1953
Sentenced: May 3, 1954
Incarcerated: May 3, 1954
Released: Nov 20, 1954
Sentence: Three years. Released November 20, 1954 on $40,000 bail pending appeal; the convictions were reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Kremen v. United States, 353 U.S. 346 (1957), over the FBI’s warrantless seizure of the cabin’s contents, so only this pre-appeal stretch was served. Verdict as recorded: Yes — jury verdict April 26, 1954
Convicted: Yes

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