Ruhl v. United States

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

Henry Ruhl, the appellant, was indicted, tried, and convicted of murder in the first degree in the District Court of the United States for the District of Wyoming. Under the mandatory provision of 18 U.S.C.A. § 454, he was sentenced to death. Thirteen assignments of error are urged as grounds for reversal. They can be summarized as follows:

1. The verdict of the jury is not sustained by competent evidence.

2. The court erred in overruling defendant’s motion to suppress certain evidence.

3. Ruhl’s confession was improperly admitted in evidence.

4. The court erred in…