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UNITED STATES v. CARIGNAN.

No. 5.

342 U.S. 36 (1951)

72 S.Ct. 97

96 L.Ed. 48

UNITED STATES v. CARIGNAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 13, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Elman argued the cause for the United States. Solicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General McInerney, Robert S. Erdahl and Beatrice Rosenberg filed a brief for the United States.

Harold J. Butcher argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent Carignan was convicted in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska of first degree murder in attempting to perpetrate a rape. Alaska Compiled Laws Annotated, 1949, § 65-4-1. He was sentenced to death. The conviction was reversed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Carignan v. United States, 185 F.2d 954. The sole ground...

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