UNITED STATES v. LUCAS

No. 24472.

447 F.2d 338 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America v. Willie LUCAS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

June 28, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John J. Dwyer, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court) was on the brief for appellant.

Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty. and John A. Terry, William H. Collins, Jr., and Barry W. Levine, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, Senior Circuit Judge, and McGOWAN and ROBB, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of second degree murder. 22 D.C.Code § 2403. On this appeal he purports to formulate a number of questions, but they are in the main a reiteration of the central claim that the verdict was insufficiently supported by evidence of causation and malice.

Appellant was encountered at the front gate of the rooming house in which he lived by two police officers who were responding to a radio run reporting a shooting...

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