Legal Opinion
McaFfee v. Clemmer
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 18, 1948No. 9698PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Per curiam
William' McAffee was convicted in 1938 in the District Court of the United States fof the District of Columbia of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to death. Upon his appeal, this court reversed the judgment solely because the trial court erred in instructing the jury.1
Upon the return of the case to the District Court, McAffee jvas again convicted of murder in the first degree and again was sentenced to death. He appealed from that judgment also. The evidence was substantially the same at the second trial as at the first and, as the District Court had avoided the error committed at…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ahrens v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Sanders v. AllenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Sanders v. BennettCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- McAffee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- McAffee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Taylor v. United States Board of Parole. Taylor v. McGrath Attorney General of United States (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- James E. McCall v. C. L. Swain, Superintendent, Lorton ReformatoryCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- I. B. v. District of Columbia Department of Human Resources, Social Services AdministrationDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- Phillips v. HiattDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1949
- Duncan v. State of MaineDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1961
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