Legal Opinion
Jordan v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 29, 1976No. 9458PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REILLY, Chief Judge:
This is an appeal from an order denying a motion to withdraw a guilty plea. The appellant and two fellow convicts escaped from Lorton Reformatory in Virginia, commandeered an automobile, and forced its two occupants to accompany them into the District of Columbia where they were released. One of the occupants, a woman, was robbed at knifepoint by the trio sometime before she and her companion were set free.
The appellant was apprehended on July 30, 1974, and subsequently- entered a guilty plea to a charge of armed robbery in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. 1…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- John A. Gearhart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
- William C. Coleman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
- United States v. Leonard YoungCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Bettis v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
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3Cited by30 opinions
- United States v. BaishDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- State v. HandySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1990
- Gooding v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Patterson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Clark v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
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