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pe, “et aie <. See i Don ea Te “a5 © ed « - Tt hot Howard Hoffman ~ a On November 29, 1972, AUSA Starkman advised the Government had determined that in the retrial proceeding involving Hoffman, sixteen of the original 23 contempt citations would be dropped, with only seven to be prosecuted, On October 29, 1973, trial of Hoffman and his i associates commenced in USDC, Chicago, on the contempt . charges. On November 3, 1973, after defense arguments for directed verdicts of acquital on all counts, Judge Gignoux dismissed two of the seven remaining counts against Hoffman. On December 4, 1973, at the conclusion of the bench trial, Judge Gignoux acquitted Hoffman on three of the five contempt counts and adjudged him guilty on the remaining two. He set December 6, 1973 for sentencing. On December 6, 1973, Judge Gignoux discharged and released Hoffman, stating that in the present circumstances surrounding this retrial, he felt the guilty finding was sufficient punishment and that some four years after the original trial, no warrant existed for imposition of a jail sentence on Hoffman beyond the time already served by him (February 1%, 1970 ~ February 28, 1970). 2. Arrest by New York City Police Department HIG August 28, 1973) = = that Abbie nam and three others eee August 28, 1973 at Hotel Diplomat, New York City (NYC), by officers of the Narcotics Unit, NYCPD, while attempting to sell three pounds of cocaine, street value of $500 0, to undercover agents of that department. that Hoffman was being charged for the sale of dangerous drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia. = =3<