Willie Jones v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was indicted in two counts, fried, convicted and sentenced for first degree murder and assault with intent to kill. The basic facts are simple. He had had for several years a somewhat tempestuous attachment to a “common-law wife”, by whom he had had children. At one point he had taken poison in her presence. He had been involved in proceedings before the Commission on Mental Health. There had been an estrangement, and the woman had evinced interest in one Winters. About three weeks prior to the events with which we are here concerned, Jones purchased a…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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