WILLIAMS v. UNITED STATES

No. 21362.

403 F.2d 176 (1968)

Abraham WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 9, 1968.

Petition for Rehearing Denied October 30, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John C. Scott, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. J. James McKenna, 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 WRIGHT, McGOWAN and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.


J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was tried in the District Court for second degree murder and convicted of the lesser included offense of manslaughter. He was sentenced to imprisonment for from two to six years. On appeal he argues that his claim of self-defense was prejudiced by a series of errors on the part of the trial judge, and that the Government's evidence was insufficient to convict. We affirm.

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