UNITED STATES v. CARTER

No. 23728.

445 F.2d 669 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America v. Jessie R. CARTER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Peter F. Healey, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. John L. Kilcullen, Washington, D. C. (both appointed by this Court) was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Robert J. Higgins, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Theodore Wieseman, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FAHY, Senior Circuit Judge, and ROBINSON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.


WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

This is the sorry story of a brutal, senseless and unprofitable crime, so characteristic of life and death in our urban centers such as Washington, D. C. Since the principal question in this appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence against appellant, and since he received a sentence of imprisonment from 20 years to life, we have examined the evidence with some care. Finding it sufficient, and appellant's other points of error not persuasive...

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