Legal Opinion

Brown v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided July 24, 1968No. 4472PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KELLY, Associate Judge.

After conviction by a jury on January 12, 1967, of petit larceny and unlawful entry appellant’s pro se motion for new trial was granted and new counsel appointed on January 18. On the morning of February 8, 1967, the day before the scheduled new trial, counsel moved the Criminal Assignment judge for a continuance of at least a month on the ground that “information has been supplied me over the weekend that there are new facts to bring into this case.” The motion was denied. Later that day counsel renewed the motion before the same judge, with the additional explanation…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Neufield v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
  3. John Buck Jacobs, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
  4. Alvin J. Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
  5. Luther P. Mitchell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. O'CONNOR v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
  2. Adams v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. Bedney v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
  4. Kimes v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. Davis v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974

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