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UNITED STATES v. DENT

No. 72-1321.

477 F.2d 447 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America v. Patricia DENT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

As Amended April 4 and April 26, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Mulroney, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court) was on the brief for appellant.

Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, and Lawrence H. Wechsler, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief for appellee.

Before LEVENTHAL and ROBB, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, United States Senior District Judge for the District of Montana.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter in the stabbing of her brother, Leroce, and appeals from a judgment of 6 to 24 months' imprisonment on the grounds that the judge should not have submitted the second degree murder charge to the jury, and that he failed to instruct the jury adequately on accidental homicide. We affirm.

The facts, developed principally by John Barsh, a friend of the deceased Leroce, are: The night of March 1, he and Leroce...

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