Legal Opinion
United States v. Frank Gorham, Jr., United States of America v. Otis D. Wilkerson, A/K/A Robert N. Jones, A/K/A James Burgess
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 28, 1975No. 74-1611 and 74-1613PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge MacKINNON.
Concurring opinion filed by Chief Judge BAZELON. MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Frank Gorham, Jr., and Otis D. Wilkerson (a/k/a Robert N. Jones) were indicted, along with co-defendants Meltonia Fields and Linda Ewing, on counts of conspiracy, introducing contraband into a penal institution, armed kidnapping, and armed robbery, and both appellants were indicted individually on counts of attempted escape and escape from custody. The charges grew out of appellants’ abortive attempt to escape from the D.C. jail on October 11, 1972, and…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Brown v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Nathan L. Drew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- Sparf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Ullmann v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Christian v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Thomas Palermo and Sheldon Saltzman v. Warden, Green Haven State Prison, and Russell OswaldCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,925 Dresser Industries, Inc., a Corporation, on Its Own Behalf and on Behalf of Certain Dresser Employees v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. BridgemanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- United States v. John F. GrismoreCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
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