Legal Opinion

Vaughn v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided December 9, 1991No. 90-1338PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TERRY, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from a trial court order denying appellant’s two most recent motions to vacate sentence under D.C.Code § 23-110 (1989). We affirm.

Appellant Vaughn and a co-defendant, Michael Anderson, were convicted of four counts of armed robbery, and Vaughn alone was convicted in addition of carrying a pistol without a license. His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal in an unpublished memorandum opinion and judgment. 1 He then filed pro se a motion to reduce sentence, followed a few days later by a similar motion filed by counsel. Both motions were denied by…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Salinger v. LoiselSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  4. Pettaway v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
  5. Head v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Wei Hua Wu v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
  2. Minor v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
  3. Bradley v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2005
  4. James v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. Graham v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2006

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