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UNITED STATES v. HENDRIX

No. 1292, Docket 76-1083.

542 F.2d 879 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James M. HENDRIX, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 6, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheila Ginsberg, New York City (William J. Gallagher, The Legal Aid Society, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Samuel H. Dawson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Brooklyn (David G. Trager, U. S. Atty., Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, N. Y., Bernard J. Fried, Asst. U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for appellee.

Before VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge, and KELLEHER and GAGLIARDI, District Judges.

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was convicted of second degree murder under 18 U.S.C. § 1111 for the killing of a fellow crewman on the S.S. Eagle Voyager while it was docked at the port of Odessa, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. We need not review the details of the slaying, except to state that it was a bloody and brutal affair.

Appellant's defense was premised on the claim of insanity, and it is in the court's charge relative to this...

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