Legal Opinion
Sinclair v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 8, 1978No. 9761PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REILLY, Chief Judge, Retired:
This is an appeal by a young woman from a conviction of kidnapping and armed rob*1202bery.1 She was sentenced to concurrent terms of 8 to 25 years’ imprisonment after being tried jointly with three other defendants. One of them, Flunnoy H. Brazwell, pleaded guilty to robbery after testifying. The other two, John E. McNeil and Ronald M. Williams, were found guilty by the jury of kidnapping while armed and armed robbery. Neither appealed.
At the trial, the principal government witness against the defendants was a journeyman housepainter, Calvin Poteat. One summer evening,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Moore v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- People v. DanielsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- People v. WeinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1958
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Nelson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
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- Boyd v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
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