Legal Opinion
Joe Louis Denson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1970No. 602-69_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Per curiam
Joe Louis Denson, appellant, was convicted of second degree murder in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, after a trial by jury.
On February 21, 1969, the appellant, an inmate in the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, fatally stabbed another inmate, Morris Joseph. The record shows that Morris Joseph was stabbed nine times. Appellant did not deny that he stabbed Morris Joseph, but contended at trial that he was acting in self-defense.
Immediately after the stabbing, appellant was placed in disciplinary segregation. While so confined, appellant began to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Stroud v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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