Legal Opinion
Atkinson v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 10, 1974No. 7634PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired:
This appeal is from convictions for armed robbery, 1 assault with a dangerous weapon, 2 receiving stolen property, 3 and carrying a pistol without a license. 4 The sentences were concurrent; the longest, 6-18 years, was imposed on the armed robbery count. Appellant assigns as error (1) the court’s supplemental instruction to the jury on aiding and abetting, and (2) the denial of his motion for a judgment of acquittal on the receiving stolen property count.
The testimony at trial established that on the evening of January 26, 1973, a cashier at a local drugstore…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Winters v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- United States v. Aubrey WhartonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Ladrey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946
- Craig v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Bord v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Murchison v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Moss v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- Atkinson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Bedney v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Bouknight v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
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