Legal Opinion · Dissent

David R. Jones v. United States of America, Willie L. Short, Jr. v. United States of America, Arthur L. Jones v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided July 16, 1964No. 17692_1Published

1DissentPrettyman, Senior Circuit Judge

Judge Edgerton’s opinion is divided into parts (I to VI), and this dissent will follow that same format.

However, before discussing Point I, I advert to the facts. I am deeply disturbed because it seems to me that the brief résumé contained in the majority opinion does not describe the case shown by the record.

Facts

About a year and a half before the events in the District of Columbia with which we are concerned, a North Carolina warrant issued (on March 6, 1961) in the Recorder’s Court of Zebulon, Wake County, North Carolina, for the arrest of one Willie Lee Short upon a charge of assault with…

2Cases cited58 opinions

  1. Olmstead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  2. Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  3. Holt v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  4. Lawn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Malinski v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945

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