Legal Opinion
Grover Lee Isaac v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 21, 1960No. 15081_1PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Chief Judge.
Appellant Isaac was indicted, tried by a jury, and convicted of first-degree murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, and assault with intent to kill. It was an extraordinarily atrocious crime. He had been associating intimately for some years with a woman to whom he was not ceremonially married. She had two small sons, aged four and six, not his children. Isaac and the woman quarreled. He took the two boys to his room and cut their throats, killing one and maiming the other. No serious question was presented as to the fact that Isaac did the alleged act. The defense…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Curley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- Charles W. Douglas v. United States of America, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Clarence L. Wright v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Winfred Overholser, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital v. John D. LeachCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by56 opinions
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- George Lee Mims, Sr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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