DENSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 602-69.

424 F.2d 329 (1970)

Joe Louis DENSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Lavinsky, Denver, Colo., for appellant.

James A. Pusateri, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Kan. (Robert J. Roth, U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Kan., with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before LEWIS, BREITENSTEIN and SETH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Joe Louis Denson, appellant, was convicted of second degree murder in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, after a trial by jury.

On February 21, 1969, the appellant, an inmate in the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, fatally stabbed another inmate, Morris Joseph. The record shows that Morris Joseph was stabbed nine times. Appellant did not deny that he stabbed Morris Joseph, but contended at trial that...

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