Legal Opinion
Diamen v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 25, 1999No. 96-CO-295, 96-CO-299, 96-CO-301PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
On January 6, 1975, following a five-week trial, appellants Michael A. Diamen, Joseph Nick Sousa, and Joseph Wayne Eastridge were convicted by a jury of first-degree murder while armed, D.C.Code §§ 22-2401, - 3202 (1996), in connection with the stabbing death of Johnnie Battle. On March 16, 1979, appellants’ convictions were affirmed by this court. Sousa v. United States, 400 A.2d 1036 (D.C.), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 981, 100 S.Ct. 484, 485, 62 L.Ed.2d 408 (1979).
In April 1995, following earlier unsuccessful attempts by Eastridge1 and Diamen 2 to *504have their convictions…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Schlup v. DeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Herrera v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Gardner v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Ibrahim v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
- Bouknight v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2005
- Smith v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2009
- Dean v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007
- Washington v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
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