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WATSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 12675.

234 F.2d 42 (1956)

Clarence E. WATSON, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 3, 1956.

Petition for Rehearing Denied July 11, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jerome Powell, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court), for appellant.

Mr. Lewis Carroll, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., at the time record was filed, and Frederick G. Smithson, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, DANAHER and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.

DANAHER, Circuit Judge.

On April 22, 1955, appellant, after a second trial, was sentenced to death by electrocution. He had been convicted on four counts of an indictment, the first count of which charged that on July 5, 1953, appellant "purposely and with deliberate and premeditated malice murdered Alyce O. Taggart by means of striking her about the head and body with a blunt instrument." The second count charged commission of the murder "purposely" while in the...

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