Legal Opinion
Gale v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 20, 1978No. 12263PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted by a Superior Court jury on February 28, 1977, of one count of first-degree burglary and one count of grand larceny. His motion for a new trial was denied on March 24,1977, and he was sentenced subsequently to 12-40 years on the former charge and a concurrent 3-9 years on the latter.
The circumstances which gave rise to the charges occurred at a rooming house in Northwest Washington on the morning of January 22, 1976, and were developed by the victims’ testimony at trial. The owner of the rooming house testified that a color television and a…
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- United States v. Claude John Scallion, Raymond Lynn Buckelew, James Laney Jenkins and Judson Lee DraneCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. John Mauro and John FuscoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
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