Legal Opinion

Richards v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided September 27, 1951No. 10700PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

The defendant Richards was convicted of grand larceny in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and appeals.

I

We are confronted at the outset by the Government’s contention that this court lacks jurisdiction because the appeal was not taken “within 10 days after entry of the judgment or order appealed from * * as required by Rule 37(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, 18 U.S.C.

It appears that the criminal docket of the District Court contains two entries in regard to the disposition of Richards’ case, namely:

“June 16,…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Ex Parte GarlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  2. Berman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  3. United States v. KleinSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  4. Hill v. United States Ex Rel. WamplerSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  5. United States v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1833

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. State v. SantiagoHawaii Supreme Court · 1971
  3. SHARP, Stanley L. v. COOPERS & LYBRAND, AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
  4. Michael Joseph Gurleski and Dorothy Villafranca v. United States of America, Frank Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  5. Frank Kennedy v. Curtis Reid, Superintendent, District of Columbia JailCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957

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