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EDWARDS v. UNITED STATES

No. 9907.

172 F.2d 884 (1949)

EDWARDS v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 9, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Leonard C. Collins, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Robert M. Scott, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. George Morris Fay, U. S. Atty., and William S. McKinley and John D. Lane, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON and WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judges, and HOLTZOFF, District Judge, sitting by designation.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal is from a conviction of housebreaking and larceny. There was testimony strongly tending to show that appellant was drunk when the acts were done. The court said in its charge to the jury: "You must find, before you can acquit the defendant Edwards, that the defendant was so intoxicated that she was incapable of forming an intent." We find no other language in the court's charge that seems to us to explain away the quoted statement. We think...

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