John Franklin Schoppel v. United States

SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

This appeal from a conviction for murder in the second degree challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and complains of rulings of the District Court and conduct of the United States Attorney in the course of the trial.

The appellant, Schoppel, and one Gomez, inmates of the District of Columbia Reformatory at Lorton, Virginia, were jointly indicted in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia under 18 U.S.C.A. § 1111 for the murder of Michael Hughes, one of the guards at the reformatory. Each defendant was convicted of murder in the second…