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George W. Thomas v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided May 4, 1967No. 20287_1PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRETTYMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Appellant Thomas was indicted, tried before a jury, and convicted for carnal knowledge of a 15-year-old girl.1 He seeks reversal on the sole ground that there was inadequate corroboration of the prosecutrix’s testimony identifying him as her assailant.2 We affirm.

The case for the Government was that the complainant-victim left her home at about 8 :30 in the evening in mid-February to walk half a dozen blocks to visit a school girl friend. Halfway there she was accosted by Thomas, who told her he went to the same school she attended. He seized her wrist,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Ewing v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
  2. Ewing v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. Kidwell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1912
  4. William Franklin v. United States of America, Norman G. Price v. United States of America, Joseph J. Brooks v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
  5. McKenzie v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Allen Allison v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  2. Phillip Coltrane v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  3. Ernest S. Borum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  4. United States v. Mack J. BryantCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  5. In re W. E. P.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974

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