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GRIFFIN v. CLEMMER

No. 9904.

169 F.2d 961 (1948)

GRIFFIN v. CLEMMER, Director of Department of Corrections.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided July 19, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John M. Holzworth, of White Plains, N. Y., for appellant.

Messrs. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, and Sidney S. Sachs, Assistant United States Attorney, both of Washington, D. C., for appellee. Mrs. Grace B. Stiles, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, CLARK, and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal is from an order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant shot and killed a man named Hunter. His conviction of murder in the first degree was affirmed by this court. Griffin v. United States, ___ U.S.App.D.C. ___, 164 F.2d 903, certiorari denied March 15, 1948, 333 U.S. 857, 68 S.Ct. 727. Respondent has moved to dismiss the present appeal as frivolous.

On his trial appellant claimed...

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