United States v. Andrew Daulton Lee

Appellant Andrew Daulton Lee was indicted under a multitude of espionage charges relating to the obtaining of defense secrets and the sale of these secrets to Russian agents. While he raises several errors on appeal, we find that none require reversal. We affirm his conviction.

THE INDICTMENT

On January 26, 1977, a twelve-count indictment was returned against appellant, Andrew Daulton Lee, and his codefendant, Christopher John Boyce. Lee was charged in eight of the twelve counts as follows:

Count One charged Lee and Boyce with conspiring to transmit national defense information to a foreign nation, to wit: the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S. R. ), in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 794 (a) and (c). Count Two charged defendant Lee substantively with attempting to transmit national defense information to the U.S. S. R., in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 794 (a).

Count Three charged Lee and Boyce with conspiring to gather national defense information- in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 793 (g). Count Four charged Lee substantively, along with Boyce, with actually gathering national defense information (the Pyrami-der documents), intending, or having reason to believe, that such…