Legal Opinion
Arnold v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 3, 1976No. 8282PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired:
Charged in two counts of an indictment with two separate rapes,1 one on May 30, 1973, and the other on June 12, 1973, appellant was found guilty after a jury trial of each offense and consecutive sentences of five to fifteen years imprisonment were imposed. This appeal followed and the contentions are that the trial court (1) abused its discretion in refusing to sever, for purposes of the trial, the two rape counts, (2) erred in denying appellant’s motion for a judgment of acquittal at the end of the government’s case, and (3) erred in refusing to instruct the…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Schneble v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Nathan L. Drew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- Milton v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by112 opinions
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- Bethea v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
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- McKnight v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- Warren v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
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