Legal Opinion
United States v. Hinckley
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 17, 2003No. CRIM.81-0306 PLFPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.
On March 30, 1981, John W. Hinckley, Jr. attempted to assassinate the President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, in the driveway of the Washington Hilton Hotel. He wounded the President, Presidential Press Secretary James Brady, Secret Service Agent Timothy McCarthy, and Metropolitan Police Officer Thomas Delahanty, and Mr. Brady suffered permanent brain damage. By a 13-count indictment filed on August 24, 1981, Mr. Hinck-ley was charged under federal law with attempted assassination of the President of the United States, assault on a federal…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. Lewis C. Ecker, IICourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Edith L. Hough v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
- United States v. Hinckley Jr., John WCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
- DeVeau v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- United States v. HinckleyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1997
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- United States v. HinckleyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2016
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