Legal Opinion
Robert Calhoun, Jr. v. United States of America, Calvin Fields v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 11, 1968No. 21120_1PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BASTIAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellants, Robert Calhoun, Jr. and Calvin Fields, are before this court, appealing their convictions under an indictment filed June 27, 1966, charging rape, sodomy, and aiding and abetting each other in the commission of these acts. Both received sentences on all counts. Field’s sentence was 4 to 10 years on counts one and two, and 3 to 10 years on counts three and four. Calhoun was sentenced for a period not to exceed 10 years under the Federal Youth Corrections Act.
Appellants rely upon five allegations of error: mention of “the missing witness” rule by the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Curley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- Ewing v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Ewing v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Cooper v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- Kidwell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1912
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Allen Allison v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Phillip Coltrane v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Mack J. BryantCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Waterstaat v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1969
- In re J. W. Y.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
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