BROWN v. HIATT

No. 2320.

81 F.Supp. 647 (1948)

BROWN v. HIATT, Warden.

United States District Court N. D. Georgia Atlanta Division.

November 17, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter G. Cooper, of Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner.

J. Ellis Mundy, U. S. Atty., and Harvey H. Tisinger, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Atlanta, Ga., and Eugene M. Caffey, Col. Jagd, and H. M. Peyton, Lt.Col. Jagd, both of Fort McPherson, Ga., for respondent.


UNDERWOOD, District Judge.

On January 14, 1947, petitioner was, after trial and conviction, sentenced by a General Court-Martial sitting at Mannheim, Germany, to life imprisonment upon the charge of murder.

The finding of guilty was by a two-thirds vote of the members present and the sentence was imposed by a vote of three-fourths of the members of the Court present at the time the vote was taken. The findings and sentence were duly approved by the Board of...

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