IN RE BUMPHUS

No. 4746.

254 A.2d 400 (1969)

In the Matter of Matthew BUMPHUS, Jr.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 16, 1969


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woodley B. Osborne, Washington, D. C., for Matthew Bumphus, Jr.

David P. Sutton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Charles T. Duncan, Corp. Counsel, Hubert B. Pair, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for the District of Columbia.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, Retired, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges, Retired.


MYERS, Associate Judge.

Appellant was charged, under D.C.Code 1967, § 22-2403, with murder in the second degree and, under D.C.Code 1967, § 22-502, with assault with a dangerous weapon. Both charges stemmed from the shooting death of his father on December 24, 1967. After the killing, appellant surrendered to the police. He was tried by a jury and found to have committed manslaughter and assault with a deadly weapon...

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