Charles Guiteau Trial
Significance, Guiteau Takes Revenge On Garfield For An Imaginary Insult, Was Guiteau Insane?, Insanity Plea
Prosecutor
United States
Defendant
Charles J. Guiteau
Crime Charged
Murder.
Chief Prosecutors
George Corkhill, Walter Davidge, John K. Porter, Elihu Root, E. B. Smith
Chief Defense Lawyers
Leigh Robinson, George Scoville
Judge
Walter Cox
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
13 January 1882
Decision
Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging.
Sources
West's Encyclopedia of American Law, Vol. 6. St. Paul: West Group, 1998.
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