Legal Opinion
Baxter v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 17, 1976No. 8849PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
Appellant seeks to overturn his conviction for petit larceny (shoplifting, D.C. Code 1973, § 22-2202) by attacking rulings *385of the trial court denying severance from a codefendant and a reopening of the trial to adduce evidence to impeach him. We reject these claims of abuse of discretion and affirm.
In the late afternoon of July 8, 1974, appellant Baxter, a codefendant named Anthony Dean, and a companion known only as Shorty entered a valet shop which also sold dresses as part of the business operation. The shop proprietor, Walter Mitchell, was absent but the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Smith v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Clifton Rhone v. United States of America, John S. Wilson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- United States v. BridgemanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by20 opinions
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