Legal Opinion
Copeland v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 31, 1945No. 9044PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Associate Justice.
This appeal is from a conviction of murder in the first degree. The deceased, Dora M. Johnson, was a sister of Hazel Cordove Copeland. Appellant had pretended to marry Hazel, but she had later learned that he was already married. This discovery led to a quarrel in which appellant fired revolver shots at Plazel and at members of her family. First he shot Dora’s husband William Johnson, whose behavior, appellant claims, appeared threatening. Immediately afterwards appellant fatally shot Dora. He then fired at Hazel. Hazel fainted, but regained consciousness and ran…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Outlaw v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936
- Martin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Garst v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1910
- Burge v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1906
- Mumforde v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Wheeler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- George P. Bradley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Standard Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
- Kelly v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Charles Edward Matthews, Ezekiel Brown and Raymond Cook v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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