Legal Opinion
Sheffield v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 1, 1979No. 12836PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Chief Judge:
Convicted by a jury of armed kidnapping, armed robbery, and extortion, appellant seeks reversal of his conviction, contending that the trial court erred: (1) in denying his motion to suppress certain pretrial photo identifications; and (2) in failing to sua sponte impose sanctions where the police failed to preserve photographic evidence. We affirm. 1
On the evening of November 3, 1976, while Kirk King was leaving the house of his girlfriend, Tawana Sheffield, at 1252 10th Street, N.W., he saw three men standing beside the fence of the house next door. King walked up to the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by37 opinions
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