Legal Opinion
White v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 30, 2004No. 02-CF-836PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
Pursuant to an agreement with the government, on September 4, 2001, the appellant pled guilty to one count of second-degree murder while armed, and one count of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence; the remaining counts of the indictment were dismissed.1 Before he was sentenced, the appellant — now represented by substitute counsel appointed at his request — filed a motion with the Superior Court, seeking to withdraw his guilty plea, asserting for the first time that he killed his victim in self-defense. Finding no abuse of discretion in the trial court’s…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Blackledge v. AllisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. BarkerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- In re T.M.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- John A. Gearhart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
- Henry Travis Schnautz, Jr. v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Long v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2017
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