ROBINSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 8034.

128 F.2d 322 (1942)

ROBINSON v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 1, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. David A. Hart, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Bernard Margolius, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Messrs. Edward M. Curran, United States Attorney, and John W. Fihelly and Charles B. Murray, Assistant United States Attorneys, all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER and VINSON, Associate Justices.


VINSON, Associate Justice.

Appellant was convicted of rape. The jury included the death penalty in their verdict.1

In his motion for new trial, which was denied, defendant (appellant) stated that the verdict was contrary to the evidence. Similarly this point was noted on appeal. In his brief, and at oral argument here, defendant abandoned any such point. Defendant's decision not to press further the argument was entirely proper...

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