Legal Opinion

Wagstaff v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided July 10, 1952No. 11366PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Per curiam

Appellant was found guilty of the crimes of armed robbery and carrying a pistol without a license. D.C.Code (1940) §§ 22-2901, 22-3202, 22-3204. After canvassing the record and the contentions of the appellant, we find no reversible error. The trial court’s instructions to the jury were clear, adequate and wholly fair to the defendant. Appellant’s trial counsel advised the court that he had no request for any further charge and no exceptions whatever to the charge as given. Alleged errors in the admission of evidence were not in any instance of a character to warrant reversal; in most…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Guy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
  2. Joseph A. Wagstaff v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
  3. Williams v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1954

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