U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1958

Ernest Pickens v. United States

Ernest Pickens v. United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided December 5, 1958 · Healy, Bone, Chambers
261 F.2d 438 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Ernest Pickens v. United States

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

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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