Legal Opinion

United States v. Wilkin D. Lumpkin

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided June 21, 1971No. 24410_1PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:

The controlling issue is whether appellant Lumpkin was a participant in a liquor store robbery or an innocent bystander. His motions for judgment of acquittal were denied and he was found guilty by the verdict of a jury of armed robbery and two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon (D.C.Code §§ 22-3202, 2901, 502 (1967)). We consider first the evidence with the permissible inferences existing at the close of the Government’s case in chief and the propriety of the denial of the motion for acquittal.

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On the evening of November 17, 1968, Jack’s Liquor Store at…

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2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Nye & Nissen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. United States v. PeoniCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1938
  3. Curley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
  4. Jefferson Crawford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
  5. John L. Bailey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969

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3Cited by52 opinions

  1. United States v. Bobby StatenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
  2. United States v. Joseph R. JacksonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
  3. United States v. Cyrus T. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
  4. United States v. Leonard T. Robinson, United States of America v. James E. McCaffity United States of America v. Louis JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
  5. United States v. Thomas E. ReeseCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977

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