FISHER v. UNITED STATES

No. 122.

328 U.S. 463 (1946)

FISHER v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 10, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Houston argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Charles B. Murray argued the cause for the United States. Solicitor General McGrath, W. Marvhn Smith, Robert S. Erdahl and Leon Ulman were on the brief.


MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

This writ of certiorari brings here for review the sentence of death imposed upon petitioner by the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia after a verdict of guilty on the first count of an indictment which charged petitioner with killing by choking and strangling Catherine Cooper Reardon, with deliberate and premeditated malice. The United States...

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