Legal Opinion · Dissent
United States v. Andrew F. Burton
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 24, 1978No. 76-1839PublishedCited by 201 opinions
1DissentOpinion for the court filed by MacKIN-NON, Circuit Judge
ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge.
MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:
On October 17, 1974 appellant Burton was charged with thirty-five counts of distributing a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a).1 Seven counts were struck on the Government’s motion, and a jury trial commenced on the remaining twenty-eight counts on April 27, 1976. On May 10, the jury returned a verdict finding appellant guilty as charged on the twenty-eight counts.
On April 26, 1976, the date which was originally set for trial, Dovey Roundtree, one of two counsel retained by appellant, filed a motion to withdraw which…
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- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by201 opinions
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