Earle L. Reynolds v. United States

The appellant, defendant below, was accused by information filed in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii of violating, or attempting to violate, and conspiring to violate a regulation and order prescribed and issued under Section 2201 (i) of Title 42 U.S.C.A., to-wit Title 10, Code of Fed eral Regulations, Part 112, by knowingly, wilfully and feloniously entering, attempting to enter, and conspiring to enter the danger area defined in the regulation during the continuation of the Hardtack test series, also as defined in said regulations, without the express approval of the appropriate officials of the Atomic Energy Commission, in violation of Title 42 U.S.C.A. § 2273 .

Trial was had before a jury, which returned a verdict finding the defendant guilty of the offense charged in the information. The trial court committed the defendant to the custody of the Attorney General for imprisonment for a period of two years, directing that the defendant be confined in a jail-type institution for a period of six months and that the execution of the remainder of the sentence be suspended, that the defendant be placed on probation for such period on the usual terms and…