Legal Opinion
Payne v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 15, 1986No. 83-1552, 84-432, 84-433, 84-549 and 84-588PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Per curiam
These consolidated appeals arise from the joint trial of five codefendants: Leon C. Payne, Michael D. Mozee, Ronald E. Davis, Santonio F. Diggs, and Frederick L. Edwards, on armed robbery charges. 1 Two defendants, Diggs and Mozee, were also charged with obstructing justice. 2 The jury found each of the five defendants guilty as charged. 3 All five now appeal their respective convictions, raising various claims of error. Specifically, Payne, Edwards and Diggs argue that the trial court erred in denying their motions, made during trial, to sever their cases from their codefendants, and that…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Nathan L. Drew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- Curley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- United States v. Melvin TelfaireCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Augustin Alvarez, Oscar Hernandez, Mario C. Simon, Rolando Rios, Ramon Raymond, Eduardo Portal, Victoriano Concepcion, A/K/A "Macho"Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by76 opinions
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- Roy v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
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