Legal Opinion
Townsley v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 12, 1967No. 4310PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MYERS, Associate Judge.
After trial by court without a jury, appellant was convicted of attempted housebreaking, D.C.Code § 22-103(1967), destroying property, D.C.Code § 22-403 (1967), and petit larceny, D.C.Code § 22-2202(1967). Appellant contends that the trial court erred in not granting his motion for acquittal because the evidence was such that a reasonable doubt of appellant’s guilt must be entertained.
Between the close of business at 9:00 p. m. Saturday and 2:00 a. m. the following Monday morning, the glass front door of a drugstore was broken, the lock pried off the door, and drugs…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Earl R. Cephus v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
- Ernest S. Borum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- United States v. KellyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
- State v. . MintonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1948
- Maurice C. Stevenson v. United States of America, Ernest S. Borum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Christian v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Monroe v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1995
- Dumas v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Malloy v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968
- Patten v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968
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