Legal Opinion
Coleman v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 30, 1951No. 1123PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
On May .31, 1951, an information . was filed in the Juvenile Court charging appellant with being the father of a child born on April 16 to an unmarried woman. 1 Ap pellant appeared in court on Juñe 12. He was without counsel and the trial court informed him he was entitled to counsel if he so desired.. He replied that he 'did not desire counsel. He was then asked if he was the father of the child and he replied: “Probably yes; probably no.”' On being told that he must answer yes or no, he stated he wanted to do the right thing, .wanted to bé a man about it, and would say…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Bergen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
- Commonwealth v. CrapoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- United States v. BayaudU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1883
- Peak v. CalhounCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by7 opinions
- District of Columbia v. TurnerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
- Stallans v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1957
- Huffman v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1957
- Curtis v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
- Ferguson v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1957
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