Legal Opinion
Jackson v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 17, 1970No. 4962PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted by the court sitting without a jury of carrying a pistol without a license in violation of D.C.Code 1967, § 22-3204 and possessing a prohibited weapon, a sawed-off shotgun, in violation of D.C.Code 1967, § 22-3214(a). He was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment on each conviction to be served consecutively. This appeal presents the issue whether stamped notations reading “Jury Trial Demand Withdrawn” on the back of both in-formations containing the charges against appellant are sufficient, in the absence from the record of any statement of waiver by…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Patton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Augustus E. Harvin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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