Legal Opinion
Woodall v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 24, 1996No. 95-CF-84PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAGNER, Chief Judge:
Appellant, Perry Woodall was convicted following a jury trial of one count of obstruction of justice in violation of D.C.Code § 22-722 (1996). His principal argument on appeal is that he was convicted for conduct not alleged in the indictment in violation of his Fifth Amendment right to be tried only on charges returned by the grand jury. He also argues for reversal on the grounds that the trial court failed to strike a police officer’s testimony as a sanction for the loss of Jencks 1 material and denied a motion for mistrial when other acts of witness intimidation were…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Stirone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Jencks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Ex Parte BainSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. AugenblickSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Wooley v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
- Wynn v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2012
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