Legal Opinion

Witters v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided June 27, 1939No. 7295PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MILLER, Associate Justice.

Appellant was convicted of the crime of receiving stolen .property. The evidence discloses that' a youth named Joe Davis stole a bicycle from one John Giannakis and sold it r.o appellant for four dollars. A witness testified that he was present on this occasion, that appellant then told Joe Davis; the witness and two other boys that if they got any more bicycles, to bring them around and she would buy them. For the purpose of showing that appellant knew she was purchasing stolen property the Government ■proved that thereafter on three separate occasions within a…

2Cases cited61 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
  3. Williamson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  4. Wood v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
  5. Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Bracey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
  2. Clyde Stevenson v. Sue KoskeyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
  3. State v. IaukeaHawaii Supreme Court · 1975
  4. United States v. Willie Bell, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
  5. State v. IaukeaHawaii Supreme Court · 1975

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