Legal Opinion
Laney v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 3, 1923No. 4000PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDER, Associate Justice.
This appeal is from a verdict and judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, adjudging appellant, defendant below, guilty of the crime of manslaughter. The indictment charged the defendant with the crime of murder in the first degree, growing out of the killing of one Kenneth Crall, during a race riot in Washington on July 21, 1919.
The defense interposed was self-defeñse, and a large number of assignments of error are based upon the refusal of the court to grant certain prayers offered by the defendant relating to the law of self-defense. The…
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