Legal Opinion
Baer v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 12, 1962No. 2995, 2996PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MYERS, Associate Judge.
Appellants were jointly tried before a jury and convicted of keeping for sale and of selling alcoholic beverages without first having obtained a license to do so. 1
They contend that two incidents, occurring outside the progress of their trial, prejudiced their rights to fair and impartial .verdicts. One involved a statement by the trial judge made prior to the empaneling of jurors to try appellants’ cases at the time he discharged another jury which was unable to reach a verdict in a different case immediately preceding appellants’ trial. No complaint concerning these…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Levy v. BryceDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1946
- Heslop v. Robert A. Grahame, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1942
- James v. GreenbergDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1947
- Lehman v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1902
3Cited by5 opinions
- Waggaman v. ForstmannDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966
- Wood v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1962
- Bethel v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966
- Gillard v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1964
- Greenway v. BUZZARD POINT BOATYARD CORPORATIONDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966