Legal Opinion

Bliss v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided May 6, 1982No. 80-1060, 80-1075PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of felony-murder while armed and armed robbery of a cabdriver (No. 80-1060) and, in another, unrelated trial, of burglary in the second degree while armed and armed robbery of the Logan Inn (No. 80-1075). In this consolidated appeal, he alleges that (1) his right to cut off questioning was not scrupulously honored; (2) his statements to the police about the shooting of the cabdriver were involuntary; (3) his confession to the Logan Inn robbery was the fruit of the statement that the police had improperly obtained from him; (4) his…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. Michigan v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920

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3Cited by40 opinions

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  5. Battle v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993

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