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HAWKINS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 9353, 9354.

158 F.2d 652 (1946)

HAWKINS et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided December 30, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Kenneth D. Wood and Emory B. Smith, both of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Robert I. Miller and Joseph A. McMenamin, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Sidney S. Sachs, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Edward M. Curran, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Charles B. Murray, Assistant United States Attorney, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, CLARK, and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

While appellants were carrying out a joint plan to rob a Safeway store on First Street in Washington, D. C., appellant Hawkins wantonly killed a clerk. Both appellants have been convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death.

The guilt of both is exceptionally clear. It was proved by eyewitnesses and by a series of detailed confessions. We have carefully examined the whole record and find no reversible error. The...

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