Legal Opinion
Samuels v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 2, 1981No. 80-1244PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant, George Samuels, filed a motion to vacate sentence, see D.C.Code 1973, § 23-110, which the trial court denied without a hearing. Two questions are presented: (1) whether this appeal from the denial of the motion to vacate, filed more than a month after the trial court’s order, is timely, as there is no docket entry indicating when the court clerk mailed the order and no evidence of record as to when appellant received notice of the order; and (2) whether the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion to vacate sentence without a hearing, given a factual dispute between…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Thomas E. Blunt v. United States of America, Thomas E. Blunt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Butler v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Hines v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968
- United States v. Isaac J. TindleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Grier v. RowlandDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- In Re DrewDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
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