Legal Opinion
States v. Davis
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 24, 1948No. 9563PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Associate Justice.
Appellees were members of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia. During the early morning hours of April 3, 1946, they were on duty as police officers assigned as guards in the death cell of the Washington Asylum and Jail, with instructions to guard four men confined there who were awaiting execution following conviction for murder in the first degree. Two of these prisoners escaped during the appellees’ tour of duty, and appellees were subsequently indicted and tried in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia for…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Ex parte ShoresDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1912
- Kavanaugh v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1868
- Zinkhan v. District of Columbia ex rel. LangellottiCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1921
- State v. . JohnsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1886
- Higgins v. United States Express Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1912
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Logan v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Leroy Stephens v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
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- Logan v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984