Legal Opinion
Edward B. Bishop v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 18, 1955No. 12208PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a denial of a motion filed under Section 2255, Title 28, of the United States Code.
*584Appellant was convicted in 1938 — sixteen years ago — of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to death. Thereafter, in 1940, a mental inquisition was held, and he was found to be insane and sent to St. Elizabeths Hospital. In March, 1952, the President commuted the death sentence to “imprisonment for life, to commence upon the date of his commutation.” In October, 1952, the Superintendent of St. Elizabeths Hospital certified that Bishop had recovered his…
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