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CORNETT v. UNITED STATES

No. 13009.

245 F.2d 118 (1957)

Kenneth C. CORNETT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

June 11, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodes K. Myers, Bowling Green, Ky., for appellant.

J. Leonard Walker, Charles M. Allen, Harold M. Streets, U. S. Attys., Louisville, Ky., for appellee.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, MARTIN, Circuit Judge, and STARR, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

In November, 1953, Kenneth C. Cornett, a member of the armed forces, was indicted by a Federal grand jury for the murder on lands of the United States known as Fort Knox, Kentucky, of Darrell E. Norris, also a member of the armed forces. The first count of the indictment charged Cornett with first-degree murder, and the second count charged him with second-degree murder under 18 U.S.C. § 1111.

Upon jury trial in April, 1954, in which Cornett...

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