Legal Opinion
Dent v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 16, 1979No. 13798PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Chief Judge:
Appellant seeks reversal of his conviction for robbery. He contends that the government’s cross-examination of him and its closing argument, which repeatedly called to the jury’s attention the absence of certain witnesses and asked the jury to draw inferences adverse to him from their absence, was prejudicial error. We agree and reverse. 1
On January 27, 1978, at about 6:30 p. m., Sandra Reaves returned from grocery shopping to her apartment on 25th Street, S.E., Washington, D. C. As she started to unload her groceries, she was stopped by a young man who offered assistance.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Graves v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- William J. Gass v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Cleveland Burgess v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by60 opinions
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- State v. RossSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
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- Murphy v. McCloudDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
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