HARRISON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 20280, 20281.

387 F.2d 203 (1967)

Eddie M. HARRISON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Orson G. WHITE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 18, 1967.

Rehearing Denied August 1, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alfred V. J. Prather, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant in No. 20,280.

Mr. George J. Thomas, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant in No. 20,281.

Mr. Robert Kenly Webster, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BASTIAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and McGOWAN and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied En Banc August 1, 1967.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, Eddie M. Harrison and Orson G. White, and a co-defendant, Joseph R. Sampson, were convicted in October, 1960, of the felony-murder of George H. "Cider" Brown.1 Death sentences, then mandatory, were imposed.2 The case submitted by the Government, and accepted by...

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