Legal Opinion
Miller A. Dixon v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 16, 1968No. 21084_1PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Chief Judge:
On October 18, 1965, separate infor-mations were filed in the Criminal Division of the Court of General Sessions charging appellant with two traffic offenses.1 The cases were continued three times at the request of the appellant, three times by mutual consent, and once at the request of the Government. On March 31, 1966, the prosecutor requested another continuance on the ground that one of the two police officers who had witnessed the offenses was ill. The judge, noting the many prior continuances, refused to grant another one, though he stated that “if it became…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Upshaw v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by59 opinions
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- United States v. Jeffrey Stuart FalkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- United States v. William Eugene CarterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- Lusby v. T.G. & Y. Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1984
- Dale B. Menard v. John N. Mitchell and John Edgar HooverCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
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