United States v. Hubbard was a 1978 criminal court case charging Mary Sue Hubbard and several other members of the Church of Scientology with violations of various laws including:
U.S.C. 18 §§ (Aiding and Abetting), (Conspiracy), (Theft of Govt Property), (Obstruction of Justice), (False Declarations before a Grand Jury), and (Interception of Oral Communication). Also included was 22 D.C. Code §§ 105, 1801(b) (Burglary, Aiding and Abetting).Grand jury document filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, filed in open court, August 15, 1968. Available at http://lisatrust.freewinds.be/legal/snowwhite/docs.htm
All eleven defendants were found guilty and sentenced to both fines and imprisonment. The convictions were upheld on appeal.
Defendants List from Grand Jury document.
Mary Sue Hubbard Jane Kember Morris Budlong Henning Heldt Duke Snider Gregory Willardson Richard Weigand Mitchell Hermann aka Mike Cooper Cindy Raymond Gerald Bennett Wolfe Sharon Thomas
Result A series of sentencing orders dated Dec. 11, 1979 show some of the results of the trial.Data in this table is from scans of Commitment Orders, Dec. 16, 1980.
DefendantChargePrison timeFineMorris BudlongBurglary, Aiding and Abetting2–6 yearsHenning HeldtConspiracy4 years$10,000Mitchell HermannConspiracy4 years$10,000Jane KemberBurglary, Aiding and Abetting2–6 yearsCindy RaymondConspiracy5 years$10,000Mary Sue HubbardConspiracy5 years$10,000Duke SniderConspiracy4 years$10,000Sharon ThomasTheft of Government Property1 year (6 months served) 5 years probation$1,000Richard WeigandConspiracy4 years$10,000Gregory WillardsonConspiracy4 years$10,000Gerald Bennett WolfeConspiracy5 years$10,000
See also Operation Snow White Operation Freakout List of Guardian's Office operations Scientology and the legal system
Notes
External links
1980 Sentencing memorandum for Jane Kember and Morris Budlong from wikisource