Legal Opinion
Doepel v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 13, 1981No. 9079, 14184PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REILLY, Chief Judge, Retired:
This is the second time that this case has been argued in our court. After a three-week trial in 1974 on indictments charging appellant with first-degree murder, felony murder, and rape, 1 a jury found him guilty as charged. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment for 20 years to life on the murder counts, and 15 years to life on the rape count, and appealed. After the case was argued, but before any opinion was released, we were informed in a letter by appellant’s counsel that the United States Attorney had disclosed to him that a government witness…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Whalen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by52 opinions
- State v. NeilSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
- People v. WilliamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
- Byrd v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Nevius v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1985
- Arnold v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
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