United States v. Daniel J. Bowles

MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:

This post-conviction proceeding seeking a new trial or, alternatively, the dismissal of the indictment, follows our en banc decision in Bowles v. United States, 142 U.S.App.D.C. 26, 439 F.2d 536 (1970) (en banc), cert. denied, 401 U.S. 995, 91 S.Ct. 1240, 28 L.Ed.2d 533 (1971) , affirming appellant’s conviction of murder in the first degree (while attempting to perpetrate a robbery) 1 and of assault with intent to rob. 2

The majority opinion in the en banc hearing sets forth the facts relevant to the conviction, which arose out of a fatal stabbing and attempted robbery…