Legal Opinion

King v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided January 5, 1971No. 5335, 5474PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

These appeals arise from convictions of attempted burglary in.the second degree, 1 destroying private property, 2 and petit larceny. 3 In No. 5335 the accused urges error in permitting intra-trial amendment of the information to reflect true ownership of the property in question; that a piece of copper pipe used as evidence was not shown to have been part of the copper pipe taken from the property; and that consecutive sentences for the three offenses totaling two and one-half years 4 are not permitted because the burglary statute prescribes a two-year minimum, and

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Smith v. PollinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
  2. Roy Irby v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
  3. Daniel Smith, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
  4. United States v. Roy D. LewisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
  5. Sams v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1969

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Taylor v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
  2. Bell v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
  3. Smith v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
  4. Shanahan v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. Allen v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978

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