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JACKSON v. TAYLOR

No. 11808.

234 F.2d 611 (1956)

Chester E. JACKSON, Appellant, v. John C. TAYLOR, Acting Warden.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided May 31, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Urban P. VanSusteren, Appleton, Wis., for appellant.

James W. Booth, Washington, D. C. (J. Julius Levy, U. S. Atty., Scranton, Pa., on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before GOODRICH, KALODNER and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.

HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

A general court-martial, convened in Korea on June 8, 1951, found the petitioner, a soldier in the United States Army, and two other soldiers guilty of the premeditated murder of a Korean woman and of an attempt to rape her somewhat earlier the same day. Under military law either death or life imprisonment is the mandatory punishment for premeditated murder. Attempted rape is punishable by imprisonment not to exceed 20 years. See Table of Maximum...

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