ELLIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 18424.

345 F.2d 961 (1965)

Leroy J. ELLIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 25, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mr. Nathan Lewin, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker and Joseph A. Lowther, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and WASHINGTON and BURGER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter. According to prosecution witnesses, appellant fought with James Wilson, Jr., and struck him on the head with a wooden board on June 30, 1963. One week later, on July 6, Wilson was found by a police officer lying unconscious on the street. The Deputy Coroner testified that Wilson died on July 6 from "increased intracranial pressure due to an epidural, which is a collection of

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