Legal Opinion

William W. Kennedy v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided September 9, 1965No. 19202PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BURGER, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from conviction for housebreaking, D.C.Code § 22-1801, and robbery, D.C.Code § 22-2901.

Appellant’s principal contention is that alleged illegal police conduct at the time of his apprehension and arrest required that the testimony of the victims that he was the assailant be suppressed. He is obliged to raise his point under the claim of “plain error,” having made no objection at trial. 1

The record so far as relevant to the plain error contention shows the following: two police officers in a radio dispatched patrol car responded to a report of a possible…

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  3. Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Mallory v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Haynes v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. People v. EllisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1966
  2. Jesse James Gilbert v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
  3. Willie E. Pendergrast v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  4. John E. Adams v. United States of America, Ernest J. Stuckey v. United States of America, Melvin R. Roots v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
  5. George E. Wise v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967

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