Gallegos v. Nebraska

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1951-11-26

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Mr. Justice Reed announced the judgment of the Court and an opinion in which The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Burton and Mr. Justice Clark join. Petitioner, Agapita Gallegos, was convicted in a District Court of Nebraska of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment, the maximum penalty. The charge was the slaying of his paramour without deliberation or premeditation. This judgment of conviction was s…

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