Legal Opinion

Scott v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided January 26, 1993No. 90-CF-529, 90-CF-603PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellants, who are mother and son, were both convicted on three counts of armed robbery, 1 and appellant Phillip Scott was also convicted of carrying a pistol without a license. 2 Phillip Scott now argues that his convictions should be reversed because the trial court refused to admit into evidence certain police reports, because the trial court failed to conduct a sufficient inquiry into his complaints about the performance of his counsel, and because the prosecutor engaged in improper conduct in the course of cross-examining him and in closing argument. Alice Scott…

2Cases cited56 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. United States v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Nathan L. Drew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. State v. GravesSupreme Court of Iowa · 2003
  2. United States v. Jannazzo D. BoydCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
  3. State v. PilotSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1999
  4. State v. HartMontana Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Guishard v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995

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