Released under the John F. DATE: 11-14-2017 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR: FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1” Docld: 32293896 Page 1 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 27107 Hote). JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10212-10172 HQ 89-1333-25 Document Information DOJ [Restricted] DIRECTOR, FBI 08/3 1/1967 2 [Restricted] PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT. Unclassified Consulted Withhold 08/09/1995 APPROVAL OF DOJ REFERRED TO DOJ Date: $/29/201
i i i Collection Act “le (44, USC 2107 Hotey. oo *” YY STATES GOVE’ “MENT * 7 (~ SPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SY \ morandum ~ Mr. Bishop Mr. Casper Mr. Callahan > Director DATES August 31, 1967 Federal Bureau of Investigation FMV sOANs:saft 123=32=23 r. Sullivan Mr. Tavel ———__—- Mr. Trotter.____— Tele. Room i Fred Me Vinson, Jre Assistant Attorney General Criminal Division 'l Miss Gandy ee a —vovyuuis Carlos Joseph arcello; j ecial Agent Patrick . Je. +éoiting, dr. - Victim Assaulting A Federal Officer 67 | This is in reference to your memorandum to the Attorney General of fi . August 17, 1967, regarding Carlos Marcello. Specifically, you state your belief that Marcello should be brought to trial at jthe earliest possible | date 3 " AN RL ITEC AORN As you are aware, Special Agent Collins was assaulted by Marcello ue on September 30, 1966, and one week later, on October 7, 1966, the matter was presented to a grand jury in New Orleans and an indictment was returned. SAVE = S Thereafter, on Noverber 9, 1966, Marcello was arraigned and ‘plead. not guilty. Subsequent thereto, on December 19, 1966, Marcello's attorney, Jack Wasserman of Washington, D. C., filed numerous pre-trial motions, includ- ing one to dismiss the indictment on the basis that the grand jury was impyop~- erly impanelled within the purview of Rabinowitz v. United States, 366 ~s 3h (5th Cir. 1966). — Ps . . This office, and that of the United States Attorney in Ney orleans ; reached the legal conclusion that Wasserman would very probably prevail on™ the mtion. As a result, United States Attorney Louis C. LaCour personelly; held a series of conferences with the Court in New Orleans, whereupon..it was agreed that a new system for the impanelling of grand and petit juriegivouke be instituted by the Clerk of Court. Ce A new system was initiated in early 1967 and by the latter part of E 1967, had progressed to the point where a new grand jury was impanelled.~ Very shortly thereafter, on June 1, 1967, the new grand jury returned a super- seding indictment in this matter. ‘he original indictment was dismiésed on June 5, 1967. | motions to the superseding indictment. We, in turn, noticed the motions for hearing on August 4, 1967. Wasserman moved for a continuance based upon a commitment in Hawaii in Conhec,tion with & conference of the American Bar “ JAssociation. As a result, ‘the: bir Wasserman, in turn, on June 28, 1967, filed numerous pre-trial = September 13, 1967. 2x2 aM e-trial 153" are now noticed for hearing rec6 JS9-. Docld: 32293896 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 WSC 2107 Hdftey;. DATE: 11-14-2017 - AA I think you will agree that we have, in fact, made every conceivable effort to get this mtter to trial at the earliest possible date. i eee eae Docld: 32293896 Page 3