Legal Opinion
Jones v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 20, 1949No. 11851PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Leon W. Jones, was tried and convicted in the district court of the Territory of Alaska on two indictments, each charging murder in the first degree. The two cases were consolidated for trial. In one case the killing charged was of Carl Oscar Ahnstrom; in the other, of Donald R. Harris. The verdicts found appellant guilty of murder in the first degree in each case, “but without capital punishment”. Under the Alaska Criminal Code such a verdict made a sentence of life imprisonment mandatory, 1 and judgment was entered accordingly.
On this appeal it is urged: (1)…
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2Cases cited23 opinions
- Bollenbach v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Fisher v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Hopt v. PeopleSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- People v. SanchezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864
- Griffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Gray v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
- Bantum v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1952
- Bernard G. House v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- Kelly v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949