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Pickens v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Dec 5, 1958
261 F.2d 438 (9th Cir. 1958)

Opinion

No. 15930.

December 5, 1958.

Appeal from the District Court for the District of Alaska, Third Division; James Lewis McCarrey, Judge.

Stanley J. McCutcheon, George B. Grigsby, Anchorage, Alaska, for appellant.

William T. Plummer, U.S. Atty., George N. Hayes, Asst. U.S. Atty., Anchorage, Alaska, for appellee.

Before HEALY, Circuit Judge, BONE, Senior Circuit Judge, and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.


Appellant was indicted below for the crime of murder in the second degree, and on trial was convicted of manslaughter. The court imposed upon him a sentence of four years' imprisonment, two years of which were suspended. The killing grew out of a drunken brawl on the streets.

We see no reason for interfering with the jury's verdict or court's sentence. The judgment, 148 F. Supp. 652, is accordingly affirmed.


Summaries of

Pickens v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Dec 5, 1958
261 F.2d 438 (9th Cir. 1958)
Case details for

Pickens v. United States

Case Details

Full title:Ernest PICKENS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Dec 5, 1958

Citations

261 F.2d 438 (9th Cir. 1958)

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