UNITED STATES v. JONES

No. 72-1479.

482 F.2d 747 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Wilbur JONES, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1973.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel P. Breed, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Robert Reed Gray, Washington, D. C., (both appointed by this court) was on the brief, for appellant.

Richard L. Beizer, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Jerome Wiener, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, MacKINNON, Circuit Judge, and VAN PELT, United States Senior District Judge for the District of Nebraska.


VAN PELT, Senior District Judge:

This case comes before the court upon appeal from a judgment of conviction for manslaughter following a jury verdict of guilty. Appellant was sentenced to a term of not less than two years and not more than six years imprisonment.

The events which led to the indictment of Appellant on a charge of second degree murder occurred on April 14, 1971. Appellant was at the home of his common law wife, Mrs. Estelle M. Henderson. Betty...

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