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MORTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 10506.

183 F.2d 844 (1950)

MORTON v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert I. Miller, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Martin J. McNamara, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, Joseph M. Howard, and John D. Lane, Assistant United States Attorneys, all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before CLARK, WILBUR K. MILLER and PROCTOR, Circuit Judges.

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Alice Morton, was found guilty and convicted of murder in the second degree. The testimony of one government witness clearly establishes that when she came to the home of the victim, David Stephens, she had a gun in her possession. After showing the gun to the aforesaid witness and asking to see Stephens, the testimony further demonstrates that Stephens, who had gone in to see her, asked her to leave, that she stepped out, and...

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