Legal Opinion
Swann v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1952No. 6378_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
The admission in evidence of a part of a signed statement made to officers of the law by the defendant under indictment for the shooting and killing of another person upon sudden quarrel and in heat of passion, is the subject matter of this appeal. Arthur William Swann was indicted for the killing of Raymond Thorne on January 14, 1950 with a rifle at Fort George G. Meade, a government reservation in the District of Maryland, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1112. Upon the trial the jury found a verdict of guilty and the judge imposed a sentence of seven years’ imprisonment.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Lovely v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
- Copeland v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- People v. . LoomisNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
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3Cited by16 opinions
- United States v. Larry W. MastersCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
- State v. SantiagoHawaii Supreme Court · 1971
- United States v. Daniel Bozza, Charles Mulhearn, Ronald Jones, Michael Pizzo, Salvatore Guarnieri, Anthony Delutro, A/K/A Tony WestCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- United States v. Lawrence T. Day. United States of America v. Eric J. SheffeyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Joseph Wakaksan, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
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