SIMMS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 13658-13660.

248 F.2d 626 (1957)

Calvin C. SIMMS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Edward JAMES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Jannie DUNCAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 8, 1957.

Writ of Certiorari Denied November 12, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. James J. Laughlin and Albert J. Ahern, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. E. Tillman Stirling, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Mr. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Messrs. Lewis Carroll and Frederick G. Smithson, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, WASHINGTON and BURGER, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Denied November 12, 1957. See 78 S.Ct. 127.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants in these three cases were indicted and tried for first-degree murder. They were accused of killing one Orell Duncan. Appellant Jannie Duncan was his wife. She and appellant James were convicted of murder in the second degree and appellant Simms of manslaughter. They appealed separately but consolidated their cases for...

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