Legal Opinion

Dallas O. Williams v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided November 22, 1957No. 13626_1PublishedCited by 107 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, having waived jury trial, was convicted on May 4, 1956, of assault with a deadly weapon, on an indictment returned in November 1949 for a shooting on September 26, 1949. It was his fifth trial and third conviction for that offense. The case is here for the third time.

His first conviction was reversed when the Government confessed error. The second and third trials resulted in mistrials. The conviction resulting from his fourth trial was reversed by this court, sitting in banc, because the trial court had denied appellant’s motion for an adjudication of his…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Durham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
  3. Beavers v. HaubertSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  4. Tatum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
  5. Russell E. Carter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957

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3Cited by107 opinions

  1. Ernest McDonald v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
  2. Charles C. Rouse v. Dale C. Cameron, Superintendent, Saint Elizabeths HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
  3. Rheuark v. ShawCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  4. Dale Estin Birdsell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
  5. Hull v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985

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