Legal Opinion
Adams v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 2, 1983No. 81-606, 82-824 and 81-620PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge:
On February 26, 1981, appellants John Adams and Curtis Oesby were found guilty by a jury of assorted charges arising from the killing, burglary, and attempted robbery of Frances Akers. 1
There was evidence that appellants and Thomasine McKay left Adams’ apartment on November 1, 1979, purportedly to sell some clothing McKay had stolen and to buy heroin. (Record at 584, 856.) 2 Akers allegedly wrote numbers and sold small quantities of phenmetrazine. As they drove past Akers’ house, Adams said that he was “going to take that joint off.” (Record at 587.) McKay and Adams…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Watts v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- United States v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Ware v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Graves v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Adams v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Hanna v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
- Ruffin v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Hammond v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2005
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