Legal Opinion

Carson v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided April 5, 1989No. 87-611PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MACK, Associate Judge:

On June 4, 1985, Janet Carson arrived home from work at about 3:45 p.m. and was informed by one of her children that a fuse needed replacement. While looking for a fuse, appellant noticed that eight dollars were missing from her dresser drawer. She called her children — thirteen-year-old Cornell, six-year-old Everett, five-year-old Angelica and eight-year-old Charmaine Schmidt — to her bedroom; each child denied knowing anything about the missing money. At that point she went downstairs, and as she returned upstairs, she picked up an electrical cord; she later testified…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Beausoliel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
  2. United States v. BradfordDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. Carolyn Mullen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
  4. Charles v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
  5. United States v. Earl ThomasCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972

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3Cited by12 opinions

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  2. Newby v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
  3. Lee v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
  4. Jones v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
  5. Smith v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002

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