Legal Opinion
Quarles v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 1, 1973No. 6944PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted by a jury of petit larceny, 1 as an aider and abettor, 2 and claims as the sole error on appeal that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction. We agree and reverse.
Viewed in the best possible light, the government established through prosecution witnesses that one morning about 5:20 a. m., complainant Bennie H. Wall was helping his wife catch a bus to Newark, N. J., at the Greyhound Bus Terminal in this city. Appellant pushed between them in boarding the bus and once on the bus, as Mr. Wall was placing his wife’s bag on the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Nye & Nissen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- John L. Bailey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Raymond T. Davis, Jr. v. United States of America, Kenneth M. Sams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Wilkin D. LumpkinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- United States Fo America v. Orville J. JacksonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Settles v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Zanders v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Fields v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Porter v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
- State v. GervaisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
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