Legal Opinion
McRae v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 3, 1966No. 4116PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Judge.
On this appeal from a conviction of petit larceny (D.C.Code, § 22-2202) appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. He urges that for failure to prove a prima facie case he was entitled to a judgment of acquittal at the close of the Government’s case; also that the trial court erred in allowing defense evidence to bolster or complete “an otherwise imperfect case.”
A detective testified that in a local department store he saw appellant take a pair of maternity slacks from a rack and conceal it under the left side of a jacket he was wearing; that appellant, joined by a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Earl R. Cephus v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
- Hall v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1948
- Groomes v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
- Ladrey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946
- Jenkins v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1958
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Franey v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- In re A. B. H.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
- Singletary v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Lattimore v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- In re J. N. H.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
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