Legal Opinion
Meeks v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1947No. 11293PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment sentencing appellant to life imprisonment on a charge of murder in the first degree. One Campbell was found dead in a ditch in Juneau, Alaska. His throat had been cut and some $2,000, principally in $100 bills, taken from him. Appellant was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced. On the questions hereafter discussed, we are indebted to Professors Merica and Walsh, .amici curiae, for their able brief on behalf •of appellant.
One of the principal witnesses for the •plaintiff government and the only one giving direct testimony of…
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- United States v. BollenbachCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
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- State v. ZwillmanNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1970
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