Hopkins v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on a bill of exceptions by the defendant on the trial of an indictment for murder. The Court in its opinion stated the facts as follows : The appellant in this case, Charles Hopkins, has been tried and convicted, and is now under sentence of death, for the murder of Adam Gordon. He has brought his case here for review, upon alleged errors committed in rulings of the trial court.
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Hearing on a bill of exceptions by the defendant on the trial of an indictment for murder. The Court in its opinion stated the facts as follows : The appellant in this case, Charles Hopkins, has been tried and convicted, and is now under sentence of death, for the murder of Adam Gordon. He has brought his case here for review, upon alleged errors committed in rulings of the trial court. And to a clear understanding of the questions presented on the exceptions taken by the appellant, it may be proper that a brief statement of the facts be made. It appears that, on the 14th of December, 1893,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Alvey
1. Among the errors assigned, is one that the court below refused to instruct the jury that this conviction and sentence in the Police Court constituted a bar to the subsequent prosecution for murder, it being supposed that the question of the murderous intent was necessarily involved and negatived in the former prosecution. This defense is based upon the theory that the appellant was being twice put in jeopardy for the same offense.
By Art. V. of the Constitution of the United States, it is declared: “Nor shall any person be subject for the same offense, to be twice put in jeopardy of life or…
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