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· 6/29/1973

United States v. Melvin L. Grady

Citations

  • 481 F.2d 1106
  • 157 U.S. App. D.C. 6
  • 1973 U.S. App. LEXIS 9077

How courts have described this case

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  • in prosecution of mother for second degree murder of daughter, evidence of previous beatings of child held admissible to prove intent, malice and absence of mistake or accident
  • “defense counsel is entitled to instructions that differ from the testimony as given by the prosecution and defense witnesses, if they conform to how the jury might not unreasonably reconstruct the situation . . .”

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Judges: Leventhal, Wilkey, Davies, Dakota

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