United States v. Hubbard

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:

1978 grand jury indictment

U.S.C. 18 §§ 2 (Aiding and Abetting), 371 (Conspiracy), 641 (Theft of Govt Property), 1503 (Obstruction of Justice), 1623 (False Declarations before a Grand Jury), and 2511(1)(a) (Interception of Oral Communication). Also included was 22 D.C. Code §§ 105, 1801(b) (Burglary, Aiding and Abetting).^[1]

All eleven defendants were found guilty and sentenced to both fines and imprisonment. The convictions were upheld on appeal.^[2]

Defendants

List from Grand Jury document.^[1]

• 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.^[3]

Defendant	Charge	Prison time	Fine
Morris Budlong	Burglary, Aiding and Abetting	2–6 years
Henning Heldt	Conspiracy	4 years	$10,000
Mitchell Hermann	Conspiracy	4 years	$10,000
Jane Kember	Burglary, Aiding and Abetting	2–6 years
Cindy Raymond	Conspiracy	5 years	$10,000
Mary Sue Hubbard	Conspiracy	5 years	$10,000
Duke Snider	Conspiracy	4 years	$10,000
Sharon Thomas	Theft of Government Property	1 year (6 months served) 5 years probation	$1,000
Richard Weigand	Conspiracy	4 years	$10,000
Gregory Willardson	Conspiracy	4 years	$10,000
Gerald Bennett Wolfe	Conspiracy	5 years	$10,000

See also

• Operation Snow White
• Operation Freakout
• List of Guardian's Office operations
• Scientology and the legal system