Legal Opinion
Singletary v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 9, 1987No. 84-1381PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
After a non-jury trial, appellant was convicted of shoplifting in violation of D.C. Code § 22-3813(a) (1986 Supp.). 1 On appeal he contends that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction and that the prosecutor made an improper closing argument. We disagree and affirm.
The government’s only witness at trial was Anthony Christian, a private security guard. Mr. Christian testified that he was on duty in an F.W. Woolworth store when he saw appellant bent over in front of the cosmetics counter. Christian watched appellant as he tried to conceal a bottle of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Curley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- Jefferson Crawford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Byrd v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Arnold v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Groomes v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Lemon v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
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- Thompson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
- Lattimore v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Dutch v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2010
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