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Sidney Resnek

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

Sidney Resnek, a Connecticut printer, was one of the New Haven Smith Act defendants. After the original indictment was thrown out for an improperly drawn jury in February 1955, he and his co-defendants were re-indicted on March 4, 1955; the convictions were later reversed by the Second Circuit in United States v. Silverman (1957).

Case

Charges: Smith Act — conspiracy to advocate the overthrow of the government
Sentence: Convicted under the Smith Act; reversed in United States v. Silverman
Convicted: Indicted 1954; re-indicted March 1955; conviction reversed on appeal