Legal Opinion
Allen v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 27, 1952No. 11132PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
A jury in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia found Albert Allen and Frank Proctor guilty of killing another while perpetrating a robbery, which is murder in the first degree.1 We are concerned only with Albert Allen, who appeals from the death sentence imposed upon him.
The murdered man was George Schotn-ber, known to his fellow employees at the Uline Ice Company as “Oatmeal.” At 5:30 p. m. on Saturday, December 30, 1950, the superintendent sent Schombcr on his last trip of the day as the driver of a special delivery truck. Less than…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Upshaw v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Hall v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1948
- Dauer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951
- Wilson v. KitchensSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- United States v. HaldemanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Mayo Perez, DefendantsappellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Rhozier T. Brown, Jr. v. United States of America, John D. Irby v. United States of America, Robert L. Jones v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- United States v. John D. EhrlichmanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
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