Romey J. Inge v. United States

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

Appellant was charged with second degree murder and convicted by a jury of the lesser included offense of manslaughter. 1 At trial he claimed that he acted in self-defense. On this appeal he objects to the jury instructions concerning the use of excessive force, and the use of an impeaching statement allegedly obtained in violation of the Mallory rule. 2

The record discloses that appellant had left his wife to live with the deceased woman but that, after physical beatings and a knife attack by her, he returned to live with his wife. Several witnesses testified that, on the…