United States v. Robinson

Mr.. Justice Whittaker

delivered the opinion of the Court;

Respondents were indicted'for murder in the- District Court for the District of Columbia, and- upon a trial were found guilty by a jury of the lesser included offense of manslaughter. After their motions for a new trial were considered and denied, the court entered judgment of conviction on May 7, 1958. Twenty-one days thereafter, on May 28, respondents separately filed in the District Court their notices of appeal. On the same day they each asked, and were granted by the District Court, leave to prosecute their appeals in forma…