JONES v. UNITED STATES

No. 17019.

307 F.2d 397 (1962)

Elsie V. JONES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 19, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John Paul Sullivan, Washington, D. C. (appointed by the District Court) for appellant.

Mr. Abbott A. Leban, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Nathan J. Paulson and Victor W. Caputy, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, BASTIAN and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter. On appeal she alleges trial court error in failing to grant her motion for judgment of acquittal by reason of insanity. In the alternative, she asserts that her conviction should be set aside and the case remanded for a new trial because a confession obtained in violation of Rule 5(a), F.R.Cr.P., 18 U.S.C.A., was admitted into evidence.

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