Pickens v. United States

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Dec. 5, 1958.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1958-12-05

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently February 1961

1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

2 counsel of record

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1958-12-05

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¶1Stanley J. McCutcheon, George B. Grigsby, Anchorage, Alaska, for appellant.

¶2William T. Plummer, U. S. Atty., George N. Hayes, Asst. U. S. Atty., Anchorage, Alaska, for appellee.

¶3Before HEALY, Circuit Judge, BONE, Senior Circuit Judge, and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5Appellant 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.

¶6We see no reason for interfering with the jury’s verdict or court’s sentence. The judgment, 148 F.Supp. 652, is accordingly affirmed.