Legal Opinion
In re W.B.W.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 4, 1979No. Nos. 12299, 12305PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Associate Judge:
Appellants W.B.W., Jr., (hereinafter W.) and T.E.W. (hereinafter T.), who are brothers and juveniles, seek to overturn their having been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2405, and malicious burning of property, id., § 22-403. We affirm the manslaughter findings, but reverse the findings on malicious burning of property.
I
One morning the two appellants and their friend Claiborne Watson left the school they were attending and proceeded to an abandoned apartment house which they had frequented in the past.1 While Watson was in the bathroom of…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Michigan v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Sansone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. Willie WhitakerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Lucas v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
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