Legal Opinion
Williams v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 22, 1980No. 14000PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
This is an appeal from the trial court’s summary denial of the appellant’s pro se motion to vacate his sentence. D.C.Code 1973, § 23-110. The government moved to dismiss the appeal due to the appellant’s failure to file a notice of appeal within ten days of entry of the order from which the appeal is taken. D.C.App.R. 4(II)(b)(l). We hold that the failure of the Clerk of the trial court to enter the date of the mailing of the notice of the order resulted in a suspension of the running of the time for the appeal until the date on which the appellant actually received…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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