Legal Opinion
Gary E. Byrd v. John S. Henderson and United States of America
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 25, 1997No. 96-5273PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed Per Curiam.
2Per curiam
Appellant Gary Byrd petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Court of Appeals), in affirming the sentence imposed on him by the District of Columbia Superior Court (Superior Court), applied a harmless error analysis that violated Byrd’s due process rights under the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution. 1 The district court dismissed the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction on the ground that Byrd had an adequate and effective means of…
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