United States v. James E. McCracken

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1974-01-17

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GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge: This is a direct appeal from a conviction for first degree murder. On August 18, 1971, James E. McCracken, then a fifty-six year old domiciliary patient at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi, shot and killed Dr. Hugh B. McGill, a member of the medical staff at the facility. Using the…

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