Legal Opinion
Jefferson v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 28, 1984No. 82-807, 83-642PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted by a jury of robbery, D.C.Code § 22-2901 (1981), and was sentenced to a term of three to nine years. After filing his direct appeal, he sought collateral attack under D.C.Code § 23-110 (1981). Before us now is a consolidated appeal encompassing appellant’s assignment of errors in his direct appeal: a prejudicial remark by the trial court; a failure to instruct the jury, sua sponte, on the limited use of a prior inconsistent statement; a misstatement of the láw by the government during its closing argument, and in his collateral attack:…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Curley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- Watts v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- United States v. Thomas D. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Ernest W. Harried v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Jones v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
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