Legal Opinion
Sims v. Rives
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 11, 1936No. 6574PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Associate Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia discharging a writ of habeas corpus and dismissing the petition upon which the writ had been issued.
The facts are as follows: On December 19, 1934, the appellant was convicted in the United States Police Court of the District of Columbia, on an information charging violation of the District of Columbia. Alcohol Beverage Control Act, approved and- effective January 24, 1934, 48 Stat. 319, as amended by the Act approved April 30, 1934, 48 Stat. 654. The petition for the writ asserted…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Gavieres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fé Railway Co. v. EllisSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Morey v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Capital Traction Co. v. HofSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Shoemaker v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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3Cited by38 opinions
- United States v. Benjamin J. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Neild v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- United States v. Charles L. Canty, United States of America v. Charles M. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Geraghty v. United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Ronald ShepardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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