Legal Opinion
United States v. Lawrence M. Green
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 17, 1970No. 23156_1PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Chief Judge:
Appellant was convicted of rape and sentenced to fifteen years in custody under the Federal Youth Corrections Act. 1 At trial the defense was consent; appellant did not dispute that he had intercourse with the prosecutrix. On this appeal, his principal contentions are that the instructions to the jury on corroboration did not sufficiently focus on consent as the one element of the offense actually in dispute, and were therefore confusing; and that the trial court’s evident belief in appellant’s guilt was improperly communicated to the jury. We affirm. 2
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2Cases cited19 opinions
- Tyrone Gaither v. United States of America, Charles Tatum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Starr v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Billeci v. United States. Lewis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- Thomas E. Blunt v. United States of America, Thomas E. Blunt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Allen Allison v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by36 opinions
- United States v. Joseph R. JacksonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Jesse Wright, Jr., A.K.A. Jessie WrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
- United States v. George Gordon Liddy, A/K/A George F. LeonardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- United States v. James W. McCord Jr., A/K/A Edward J. Warren A/K/A Edward J. HamiltonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Birdie Louise Joshua Harris, United States of America v. Billy Charles HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
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