Legal Opinion
Wallace G. Mitchell v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 12, 2013No. 05-CO-1261 & 05-CO-1262PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BECKWITH, Associate Judge:
Appellant Wallace Mitchell, serving a life sentence for murder and other crimes, appeals the Superior Court’s denial of his second post-conviction motion. Among other claims, Mr. Mitchell requested that “blood evidence” left at the scene be tested for DNA, which then-Superior Court Judge James E. Boasberg construed as an application under the Innocence Protection Act (IPA), D.C.Code §§ 22-4131 to -4135 (2012 Repl.) 1 — specifically, § 22-4133, which governs post-conviction DNA testing. Mr. Mitchell claimed that DNA testing would implicate his codefendant Floyd…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Bousley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
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3Cited by7 opinions
- CHARLES S. TURNER,CHRISTOPHER D. TURNER,RUSSELL L. OVERTON, LEVY ROUSE, CLIFTON E. YARBOROUGH, KELVIN D. SMITH, & TIMOTHY CATLETTDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2015
- Michael A. Jones v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2019
- Williams v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2018
- MacArthur D. Williams v. US (previously released as an MOJ)District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2018
- Mitchell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2014
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