Ernest Pickens v. United States
This text of 261 F.2d 438 (Ernest Pickens v. United States) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
Appellant was indicted below for the crime of murder in the second degree,, and on trial was convicted of manslaughter. The court imposed upon him a sentence of four years’ imprisonment, two' years of which were suspended. The killing grew out of a drunken brawl on the streets.
We see no reason for interfering with the jury’s verdict or court’s sentence. The judgment, 148 F.Supp. 652, is accordingly affirmed.
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