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COPELAND v. UNITED STATES

No. 9044.

152 F.2d 769 (1945)

COPELAND v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided December 31, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James J. Laughlin, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Charles B. Murray, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Edward M. Curran, United States Attorney, and John P. Burke, Assistant United States Attorney, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and ALBERT LEE STEPHENS, Circuit Judge sitting by designation, and EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

This appeal is from a conviction of murder in the first degree. The deceased, Dora M. Johnson, was a sister of Hazel Cordove Copeland. Appellant had pretended to marry Hazel, but she had later learned that he was already married. This discovery led to a quarrel in which appellant fired revolver shots at Hazel and at members of her family. First he shot Dora's husband William Johnson, whose behavior, appellant claims, appeared threatening...

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