Legal Opinion
Fisher v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 23, 1945No. 8809PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Associate Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction and death sentence for murder. The principal contention of appellant is that the evidence is not sufficient to justify the jury in finding that the killing was premeditated.
There was no witness to the homicide, other than defendant. However, the defendant’s own testimony showed that he first struck his victim because she had complained about his work. She then ran to the back of the room where the killing took place while he went to the floor above, got a stick from a fireplace, returned downstairs and killed her. In…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Reagan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Bishop v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- Bostic v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1937
- Bullock v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Hart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by39 opinions
- United States v. Archie W. BrawnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Fisher v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. Donald Kenneth CurrensCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
- Bethea v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Milton R. Dusky v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
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