UNITED STATES v. SUTTON

No. 22278.

426 F.2d 1202 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America v. Alexander SUTTON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 7, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John A. Terry, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant. Mr. William W. Greenhalgh, Washington, D. C., was also appointed by this court to represent appellant.

Mr. Julius A. Johnson, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, and Harold H. Titus, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BURGER, TAMM and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.


SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

This appeal, from convictions by a jury of first degree murder1 and the unlicensed carrying of a dangerous weapon,2 presents two questions for our consideration. The first is whether four writings, three purportedly authored by appellant, were sufficiently authenticated by their interrelated contents, the circumstances under which they were discovered, and a connecting...

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