Legal Opinion
Belton v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 6, 1990No. 88-446, 88-573 and 88-773PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1208FERREN, Associate Judge:
Although appellants raise a variety of issues on appeal, not all of which are applicable to each of them, the principal question we must answer is whether appellant Cowan’s sentencing hearing was unfair because the trial judge had engaged in ex parte communication that, Cowan contends, violated Canons 3(A)(4) and 3(C)(1) of the ABA Code of Judicial Conduct. We deal with that issue in Part III, resolving the other issues summarily in Part II.
A jury convicted appellants and two co-defendants of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine, D.C.Code §§ 33-541(a)(1), -549…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Pinkerton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Liljeberg v. Health Services Acquisition Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Wasman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Gibson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
- United States v. CercedaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
- Akins v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Cowan v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- In re J.A.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
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