HART v. UNITED STATES

No. 7940.

130 F.2d 456 (1942)

HART v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided July 31, 1942


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry Lincoln Johnson, Jr., of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Charles B. Murray, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Edward M. Curran, United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

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


MILLER, Associate Justice.

Appellant was tried in the District Court for the killing of his wife and was convicted of second-degree murder. On this appeal he relies upon four alleged errors. He challenges, first, the admission of testimony concerning his mental condition at the time of the trial. This testimony was offered by the Government to rebut evidence of appellant's insanity at the time of the homicide. Appellant contends that the testimony "was immaterial...

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