Russell v. United States
Supreme Court
369 U.S. 749 (1962)
Relevant factsFree
Russell was indicted for violating 2 U.S.C. § 192 by refusing to answer questions from a congressional subcommittee that were supposedly relevant to the subcommittee's inquiry, but the grand jury's indictment never identified what the subcommittee's inquiry was actually about at the time it questioned Russell. Russell moved to quash the indictment on that ground, the motion was denied, and he appealed.
IssueFree
Whether an indictment must state with specificity the nature of the charge against the defendant.