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BISHOP v. UNITED STATES

No. 12208.

223 F.2d 582 (1955)

Edward B. BISHOP, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 18, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward J. Skeens, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Lewis A. Carroll, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Mr. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and Mr. Edward O. Fennell, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, BAZELON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a denial of a motion filed under Section 2255, Title 28, of the United States Code.

Appellant was convicted in 1938 — sixteen years ago — of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to death. Thereafter, in 1940, a mental inquisition was held, and he was found to be insane and sent to St. Elizabeths Hospital. In March, 1952, the President commuted...

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