Legal Opinion
CHARLES S. TURNER,CHRISTOPHER D. TURNER,RUSSELL L. OVERTON, LEVY ROUSE, CLIFTON E. YARBOROUGH, KELVIN D. SMITH, & TIMOTHY CATLETT
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 11, 2015No. 12-CO-1362, 12-CO-1538, 12-CO-1539, 12-CO-1540, 12-CO-1541, 12-CO-1542, & 12-CO-1543PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:
In 1985, appellants were tried and convicted for the kidnapping, armed robbery, and first-degree felony murder while armed of Catherine Fuller on October 1, 1984. This court affirmed their convictions on direct appeal. Some twenty-five years later, appellants returned to Superi- or Court with motions to vacate their convictions pursuant to D.C.Code § 23-110 (2012 Repl.) and the Innocence Protection Act (“IPA”), D.C.Code § 22-4135 (2012 Repl.). Appellants claimed that they did not receive a fair trial because the government withheld exculpatory and impeachment…
2Cases cited65 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Turner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2017
- KEVIN M. BELLINGER v. UNITED STATES.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2015
- DEVON SHARP v. UNITED STATESDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2016
- NYIA GORE v. UNITED STATESDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2016
- Chamontae A. Walker & Corey D. Yates v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2017
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