Case Name: Ernest PICKENS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1958-12-05
Citations: 261 F.2d 438
Docket Number: No. 15930
Parties: Ernest PICKENS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 261
Pages: 438–438

Head Matter:
Ernest PICKENS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
No. 15930.
United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.
Dec. 5, 1958.
Stanley J. McCutcheon, George B. Grigsby, Anchorage, Alaska, for appellant.
William T. Plummer, U. S. Atty., George N. Hayes, Asst. U. S. Atty., Anchorage, Alaska, for appellee.
Before HEALY, Circuit Judge, BONE, Senior Circuit Judge, and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.

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.