Legal Opinion
Leasure v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 22, 1983No. 81-854 and 81-1074PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Per curiam
A jury convicted appellants of multiple offenses 1 arising out of the robbery, rape and murder of one person and the robbery and murder of another at two separate places within the time span of several hours — all taking place within the District of Columbia. Appellants advance several contentions, only two of which merit discussion. 2
Appellants contend that the trial court erred in refusing to sever the trial of the offenses committed against the victim Whipple from the trial of the offenses inflicted upon the victim LaRoach. We first note that, for the purpose of efficient use of judicial…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Nathan L. Drew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Jefferson Crawford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Harold S. Cross v. United States of America, John L. Jackson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Arnold v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Cox v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Adams v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Beynum v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Minick v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
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