Legal Opinion
Legette v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 20, 2013No. 10-CF-1397PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Associate Judge:
In this case, we are confronted once again with the “perplexing” question of “when evidence of a particular criminal act [i.e., so-called “other crimes evidence”] may be admitted.” Thompson v. United States, 546 A.2d 414, 415 (D.C.1988). The question arises in this case because, in a trial in which appellant Ronnie Legette was charged with three counts of first-degree sexual abuse while armed (with a gun), kidnapping while armed, five counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, armed robbery, felony threats, and possession of a firearm by a…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Nathan L. Drew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- Martin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
- People v. ThompsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. HelfantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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