Legal Opinion
Curtis v. Rives
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 1, 1941No. 7872PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Associate Justice.
This is an appeal from a final order of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia discharging a writ of habeas corpus, dismissing the petition upon which the writ was issued, and remanding the appellant, James Curtis, petitioner below, to the custody of the appellee. Thomas M. Rives.
By an indictment returned in the District of Columbia on March 18, 1937, the appellant was charged with the crime of robbery of a drug and liquor store at 87 Florida Avenue, N. W., in the District on January 6, 1937. On March 22, 1938, after a trial by jury,…
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