Legal Opinion
Fields v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 12, 1979No. 11830PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant, urging that he was sentenced under the wrong statutory provision, seeks to be resentenced. We agree and remand his case.
Appellant was convicted of one count of armed robbery (D.C.Code 1973, §§ 22-2901 & -3202) and two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon (D.C.Code 1973, § 22-502). Prior to trial the government filed an information pursuant to D.C.Code 1973, § 23-lll(a), stating that appellant had been convicted of robbery in 1967 and 1972. By this action the government sought to ex-, pose appellant, if convicted, to a mandatory minimum sentence of five years under D.C. Code…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Smith v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
- Smith v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Franklin v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- United States v. HilliardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
3Cited by17 opinions
- Robinson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Boswell v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Irby v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Fields v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Key v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
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