Legal Opinion
United States v. Cornelius J. Koritko
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 28, 1989No. 88-3135PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STARR.
STARR, Circuit Judge:
For threatening bodily harm to the President and Mrs. Reagan, appellant Cornelius Koritko was convicted in U.S. District Court of two counts of violating a provision of the District of Columbia Code, 22 D.C.Code Ann. § 507 (1981). The Government tried Koritko upon an information grounded entirely upon local (District of Columbia) law; for that reason, we are convinced that the charging document was insufficient to provide the federal district court with jurisdiction. Accordingly, the conviction must be vacated.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. BaishDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- United States v. Melvin E. Jackson, United States of America v. John JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- In Re United States of America v. Jane Kember and Morris Budlong, Mary Sue Hubbard, Henning Heldt, Richard Weigand, and Gregory WillardsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Ronald ShepardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Gary E. Jones, United States of America v. Robert BryantCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by11 opinions
- United States v. Carson, SamuelCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2006
- United States v. Richardson, JohnCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Rayful Edmond, IIICourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Michael Joseph Johnson, United States of America v. Dolores Y. ElliottCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
- United States v. SmithDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1990
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