Legal Opinion
Fitzgerald v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 19, 1982No. 13607PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALLAGHER, Associate Judge,
Retired:
This case was heard before the court en banc and in accordance with custom the opinion of the hearing division (No. 13607, February 4, 1980) was vacated.
A jury found appellant guilty of assault with intent to commit rape. D.C.Code 1973, § 22-501.1 Appellant urges reversal of his conviction on the grounds (1) there was legally insufficient corroboration of the minor female complainant’s testimony to warrant submission of the case to the jury, (2) the trial court erroneously failed to instruct the jury that in order to convict, it must first find complainant’s…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Watts v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Beausoliel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- Arnold v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Wheeler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LavalleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Gary v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- John Doe, Cross-Appellants v. United States of America, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Curry v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Battle v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
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