Legal Opinion
Johnson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 28, 1940No. 7442PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Associate Justice.
Appellant Johnson shot and killed George Scandalis .on December 18, 1938. He was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. He moved for a new trial on the ground, among others, of newly discovered evidence. The District Court overruled the motion.
Johnson, a colored laborer 22 years old, worked in a bakery. George Scandalis was his foreman. On December 17, 1938, Scandalis discharged Johnson. On December 18 Johnson returned to the plant, ostensibly to learn why he had been discharged. Scandalis, a strong man heavier than Johnson, seized him and put him…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Sanchez v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1927
- People v. SchulmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
- Pauley v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1928
- Fuller v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1937
- Martin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1934
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- United States v. WightCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Roosevelt Mitchell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Charles Earl Brubaker v. Fred R. Dickson, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Diggs v. WelchCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
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