GALLEGOS v. NEBRASKA.

No. 94.

342 U.S. 55 (1951)

GALLEGOS v. NEBRASKA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 26, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Simmons, Jr. argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were James G. Mothersead and Floyd E. Wright.

Walter E. Nolte, Deputy Attorney General of Nebraska, and Homer L. Kyle, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent. With them on the brief was Clarence S. Beck, Attorney General.


MR. JUSTICE REED announced the judgment of the Court and an opinion in which THE CHIEF JUSTICE, MR. JUSTICE BURTON and MR. JUSTICE CLARK join.

Petitioner, Agapita Gallegos, was convicted in a District Court of Nebraska of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, the maximum penalty. The charge was the slaying of his paramour without deliberation or premeditation. This judgment of conviction was sustained by the Supreme Court of Nebraska over the objection...

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