UNITED STATES v. HULL

No. 17531.

441 F.2d 308 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. J. L. HULL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

April 15, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James V. McGlone, Stuart, Branigin, Ricks & Schilling, Lafayette, Ind., for defendant-appellant.

Herbert Beigel, Chicago, Ill., William C. Lee, U. S. Atty., Fort Wayne, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee; Jeffrey Cole, Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and KERNER, Circuit Judges.


KERNER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the jury conviction of defendant-appellant, J. L. Hull, for second degree murder, a federal crime under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1114 and 1111, since the victim was an agent for the Bureau of Narcotics of the United States Treasury Department. Hull was tried with his half-brother, B. Ellis Robinson, who pled guilty during the trial and is not involved in this appeal.

Defendant's major contention for reversal concerns...

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