Legal Opinion
Bell v. District of Columbia Department of Corrections
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 21, 1979No. 12637PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
Lawrence Bell appeals the trial court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He seeks to credit approximately 35 months of incarceration in the Georgia state penitentiary against a District of Columbia sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 5010(b) (1976) of the Youth Corrections Act for receiving stolen property and possession of implements of crime. 1 The trial court refused to grant the requested credit. We affirm.
The facts found by the trial court reveal that on December 18, 1970 petitioner was sentenced pursuant to the Youth Corrections Act, 18 U.S.C. § 5010(b) for receiving…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Stapf v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Ernest C. Davis v. Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Clifton Crawford v. Delbert C. Jackson, Director, District of Columbia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- Roman Columbus Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Alexander E. Lewis, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Hummel v. KoehlerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Peterson v. New York State Department of Correctional ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Abney v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Millard v. RoachDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Reiman v. International Hospitality GroupDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
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