Legal Opinion

Franklin v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided September 29, 1978No. 11307, 11323 and 11343PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

After argument before this division in these consolidated cases, we reversed appellants' convictions for burglary, grand larceny, and receiving stolen property and remanded for a new trial. Franklin v. United States, D.C.App., 382 A.2d 20 (1978). We held that the jury had been improperly permitted to return verdicts of guilty upon the receiving counts where it had also returned verdicts of guilty upon the burglary and larceny counts — an error which was conceded by the government. See Heflin v. United States, 358 U.S. 415, 79 S.Ct. 451, 3 L.Ed.2d 407 (1959). We also…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Rogers v. RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Heflin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  4. Milanovich v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. William H. Fuller v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Byrd v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
  2. Thorne v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. United States v. JohnsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
  4. In re D.J.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
  5. Frye v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2005

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