Supreme Court of the United States June 24, 1957, 521 (Mallory v. United States)

Mr. Justice Frankfurter

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner was convicted of rape in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and, as authorized by the District Code, the jury imposed a

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death sentence. The Court of Appeals affirmed, one judge dissenting. 98 U. S. App. D. C. 406, 236 F. 2d 701.