Davis v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. ON October 13, 1894, defendant was indicted in tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas for the crime of murder. A trial being had he was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. This judgment was reversed by this court on the ground of error in the instructions of the court in respect to the matter of insanity.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. ON October 13, 1894, defendant was indicted in tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas for the crime of murder. A trial being had he was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. This judgment was reversed by this court on the ground of error in the instructions of the court in respect to the matter of insanity. Davis v., United States, 160 U. S. 469. A second trial was had, which resulted in a similar sentence, to review which this writ of error has been sued out. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
The principal defence presented on this trial, as on the former, was insanity. Indeed, the circumstances of the homicide were such as to preclude any other. The deceased, peacefully at work, unarmed and making no demonstrations against the defendant, was shot and killed by the latter, and this in consequence of a dispute more than a week old. The act thus done, if done by a man fully responsible for his actions, was unquestionably murder in the first degree. Counsel for defendant have filed no brief and made no argument. With the trial in the Circuit Court, suing out a writ of error and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Sparf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Stevenson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
3Cited by170 opinions
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- Duane Earl Pope v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Gordon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Charles FreemanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
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