United States v. Killough

YOUNGDAHL, District Judge.

Following a trial by jury which resulted in his conviction of manslaughter, 1 defendant here moves for judgment of acquittal notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial. Principally at issue is whether the Court correctly admitted into evidence a confession without which the jury’s verdict cannot be sustained.

For purposes of this motion, the preliminary facts may be stated as follows: On October 18, 1960, in response to a report to the police that defendant Killough’s wife had been missing for five days, Lieutenant Daly of the Homicide Squad went to defendant’s…