Legal Opinion
Stephan v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 19, 1943No. 9337PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HICKS, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was convicted of treason and sentenced to death by hanging. There are twenty-five assignments of error, some of which raise questions not presented to the court below and others of which are not discussed in the brief, nor called to our attention in the oral argument. However, the case involves a penalty of death for appellant, and we shall proceed upon the exception to the general rule and shall notice possible error, although the questions may not properly be raised. See Wiborg v. United States, 163 U.S. 632, 658, 16 S.Ct. 1127, 1197, 41 L.Ed. 289; Crawford v.…
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- Wiborg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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