Legal Opinion

United States v. Edmonds

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided January 15, 1946No. Criminal 76016PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOLTZOFF, Justice.

The defendant, Milis M. Edmonds, was convicted of murder in the second degree and moves for a new trial. He was charged with stabbing one William D. Brock, Jr., in the neck with a knife, thereby inflicting on him a mortal wound.

The evidence tended to show the following facts: The defendant was the manager of a restaurant in Washington, D. G, known as the White Tower and located on Fourteenth Street near Irving. About six o’clock on the morning of October 21, 1945, a party consisting of two men and two women entered the establishment and occupied a booth. Brock, a Chief Petty…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Insurance Co. v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  3. Beausoliel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
  4. Bracey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
  5. Showalter v. Western Pacific RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. United States v. NarcisoDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1977
  2. Thomas Howard, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
  3. United States v. Aubrey WhartonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
  4. Watson v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1963
  5. United States v. James Bernett, Also Known as James BarnettCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974

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