Legal Opinion
Wright v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 26, 1974No. 7509PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:
Appellant pleaded guilty to the offense of attempted petit larceny. 1 He was sentenced to imprisonment for three hundred and sixty-five days. As to one hundred and eighty days of this appellant was granted the privilege of work release 2 and the remainder was suspended. The work release was to be followed by one year’s probation. 3
Appellant arrived at a halfway house and that same evening left and did not return. A warrant was issued for his arrest and within a few days he was arrested and charged with willfully failing to return to the place of confinement…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Burns v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Martin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971
- James v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
- Cooper v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1946
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Byrd v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Commonwealth v. WareSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Commonwealth v. WendowskiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Com. v. Simmons, D.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2021
- State v. ConnerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
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