Legal Opinion
Charles W. Douglas v. United States of America, (Two Cases)
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 4, 1956No. 12795, 12879PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAHY, Circuit Judge.
These appeals question two separate convictions of robbery at two separate trials. 1 Both robberies occurred in the early morning of September 11, 1952. The accused, Douglas, pleaded not guilty in each case and petitioned for a lunacy inquiry under § 24-301, D.C.Code 1951. Such an inquiry was held and on December 19, 1952, he was adjudged to be of unsound mind. On January 16, 1953, he was transferred to St. Elizabeths Hospital. He was discharged from treatment there July 20, 1954, when the Superintendent of the Hospital certified to the-District Court that Douglas had…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Curley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- Durham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- Bryan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Tatum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by114 opinions
- Archibald Lyles v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Ernest McDonald v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- George Lee Mims, Sr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Donald Kenneth CurrensCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
- Russell E. Carter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
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