Legal Opinion
United States v. Mackin
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 15, 1977No. Nos. 75-1860, 75-1861 and 76-1851PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by ROBB, Circuit Judge.
ROBB, Circuit Judge:
In 1972 a jury in the District Court found the defendants Margaret Mackin and Erana Gibson guilty of murder and robbery. They were sentenced and their convictions were affirmed. United States v. Mackin, 168 U.S.App.D.C. 427, 502 F.2d 429, cert. denied, 419 U.S. 1052, 95 S.Ct. 629, 42 L.Ed.2d 647 (1974). Some two and a half years after the trial they filed a motion for a new trial upon the ground that one of the government’s key witnesses had partially recanted her testimony. The District Court denied the motion and the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Thompson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- Ralph Melvin Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
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- State v. ParrisWashington Supreme Court · 1982
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