Legal Opinion
Leonard R. Obery v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 9, 1954No. 12127_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.
Leonard R. Obery, appellant herein, was convicted of robbery, after trial in the District Court. D.C.Code § 22-2901 (1951). 1
On appeal his first claim is that his conviction was improper because the trial court did not give to the jury a cautionary instruction that “they must find the circumstances of the identification [of the accused as the criminal] were convincing, otherwise they must acquit * * No such instruction, however, was requested at the trial by appellant’s then counsel. Normally, failure to give an instruction not requested does not constitute…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- McKenzie v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by16 opinions
- United States of America, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Raymond A. O'COnnOrCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Norman Salley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
- United States v. Ramon Cardova EsquerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
- Hairston v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- United States v. Lawrence W. MedlinCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
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