MEDLEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 9057.

155 F.2d 857 (1946)

MEDLEY v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided April 17, 1946.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 10, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James K. Hughes, of Washington, D. C., for appellant. Mr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Hughes, of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Mr. Daniel B. Haher, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Edward M. Curran, United States Attorney, John W. Fihelly and Sidney S. Sachs, Assistant United States Attorneys, all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee. Mr. Charles B. Murray, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and WILBUR K. MILLER and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.


Writ of Certiorari Denied June 10, 1946. See 66 S.Ct. 1377.

GRONER, C. J.

Appellant was indicted in the District Court at the January Term, 1945, for the murder of one Nancy Boyer while perpetrating robbery.1 He was convicted in June, 1945, and sentenced to be electrocuted. He has appealed and has assigned twenty-one grounds of error. These are summarized by his counsel under five headings —

1. The order overruling...

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