Legal Opinion
Perlich v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 9, 1952No. 1232PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
Appellant, the operator of an automobile body works, was convicted on a charge that he had eight times failed to file a monthly Sales and Use tax return as required by the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1949, Chapter 146, Public Law 76, approved May-27, 1949, 63 Stat. 112.
On this appeal his first contention is that the trial court erroneously denied him a trial by jury and that such denial violated his constitutional rights. The maximum penalty fixed by the statute is a money fine of $300. Considering this fact and the nature of the charge involved we must rule that…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Albrecht v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- District of Columbia v. ClawansSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- District of Columbia v. ColtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Weeks v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
- Savage v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1947
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Matter of WilliamsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Jenkins v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968
- Sawyer v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968
- Davis v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952
- King v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952
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