Legal Opinion
Jones v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 2, 1984No. 83-171, 83-174PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge, Retired:
A jury convicted appellants of first degree murder while armed (felony murder) and armed robbery based upon their slaying a store owner in Southwest Washington and robbing his store and one of his customers. 1 There was testimony from eyewitnesses that appellants, one of whom was carrying a pistol, were outside the victim’s store and made inquiries about it, as well as several others in that block. Appellants then entered this particular store and fatally shot the victim with a shotgun, struck an employee in the head with a pistol, pulled the victim’s sister-in-…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Malcus T. Clemons v. United States of America, David E. Clark v. United States of America, Alvin C. Hines v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by16 opinions
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