Legal Opinion

United States v. Dewey Bobbitt

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided November 18, 1971No. 24275PublishedCited by 66 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment sentencing appellant to concurrent terms of three to twenty years imprisonment for second degree murder and three to ten years for carrying a pistol without a license.

We affirm the murder conviction and reject appellant’s claim that the trial court erred in the admission of evidence regarding a shotgun attack on decedent occurring twelve years before the shooting involved here.1 Since appellant’s second contention, that there was insufficient evidence to sustain conviction on the weapons count, raises a substantial question, and the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Nathan L. Drew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
  3. Moore v. OgilvieSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. United States v. Earnest McClainCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
  5. People v. BurnsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1952

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3Cited by66 opinions

  1. United States v. HaldemanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
  2. United States v. Irie E. Leonard, United States of America v. James L. SarvisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
  3. United States v. Lavance Greene, United States of America v. Randolph GreeneCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
  4. United States v. Lawrence T. Day. United States of America v. Eric J. SheffeyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
  5. Dixon v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972

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