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re eg peneew lament \ 2 we feo ni — : AO2°0) unyect: WILLI AMFALLEN OPTION FORM NO. 15 Mar df EDITION waa Peete (41 CHR) 108-116 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum : DIRECTOR, FBI pate: 4/2/70 Attention: legal Research be MISCELLANEOUS. INFORMATION CONCERNING REME COURT DECISION REGARDING. <? _ * -COURT PROCEDURE SUtheie pI EDURE, thee a. Enclosed for the Bureau is one copy of a decision rendered by the United States Supreme Court on March 31, 1970, in the case of the State of Illinois Versus WILLIAM ALLEN mumber 606 appellate. Also enclosed for the Bureau is one copy each of the concurring © ‘Justices DOUGLAS and BRENNEN, ALLEN was convicted of armed robbery. He later filed a petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in the Federal Court, alleging that he had been wrongfully deprived by the State of Illinois trial judge of his constitutional right to remain in the court room throughout his trial. ALLEN became abusive in the court room, After proper warning, the trial judge had him removed and proceeded with the trial, at the conclusion of which he was convicted, The Court of Appeals reversed his conviction. In reversing the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court, in an f eight-to-nothing decision stated, ‘We think there are at least three constitutionally permissible ways for a trial judge to handle an obstreperous defendant like ALLEN: (1) Bind and gag him, thereby keeping him present; (2) cite him for contempt; (3) take him out of the court room until he promises to conduct himself properly." “ 2 N \ Bureau (Enc, 3) -WFO 16 APR 3 1970 ee ee ih a Jp vd APR 7 Pay . Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan