Legal Opinion
In re L. D. O.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 10, 1979No. 13642PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Chief Judge:
Appellant seeks reversal of his conviction for robbery. D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2901. The only evidence offered at trial directly linking appellant with the crime was a police detective’s hearsay testimony concerning the victim’s pretrial identification of appellant. Appellant argues that the trial court committed reversible error in admitting this testimony in light of the victim’s testimony at trial. We reverse and remand with instructions to dismiss.
On December 16,1977, at about noon, two young men knocked at William C. Russell’s front door and asked if they could use his…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Watts v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Malcus T. Clemons v. United States of America, David E. Clark v. United States of America, Alvin C. Hines v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- People v. GouldCalifornia Supreme Court · 1960
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Wilkerson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
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