Legal Opinion
Leon Bartley v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 29, 1963No. 17592_1PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGOWAN, Circuit Judge.
Under an indictment charging second degree murder, appellant was convicted of manslaughter by a jury and received a sentence of five to fifteen years imprisonment. At the trial he sought to establish that he acted in self-defense. Three errors are assigned on this appeal as requiring reversal. Since we find that one of these bore so closely upon the jury’s consideration of the merits of appellant’s defense, we reverse because of it and do not discuss the other two in detail.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Wheeler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- Galvan v. PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Young v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- Freddie Robinson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- Bedell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Clifton Gregory v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- United States v. Antonio John Palumbo, IICourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Arthur Eugene Byrd v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
- Aaron Jones v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Donald Antonio RagghiantiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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