Legal Opinion
Dyson v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 23, 1982No. 80-1189, 81-216PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELSON, Associate Judge:
Appellants were convicted by jury of burglary in the second degree, D.C. Code 1981, § 22-1801(b). 1 Appellant Dyson appeals his conviction on the grounds that: 1) there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction, and 2) prosecutorial misconduct prejudiced his right to a fair trial. Appellant Ferguson asserts that he is entitled to reversal by reason of prosecutorial misconduct and on several other grounds. We affirm Dyson’s conviction. We conclude, however, that the prosecutor’s misconduct violated Ferguson’s right to a fair trial, and we therefore reverse his…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Watts v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Viereck v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Jefferson Crawford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Dyson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- John Harris, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by69 opinions
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- Powell v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
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