Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 17, 1979No. 79-289PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted of assault. D.C. Code 1973, § 22-504. She contends that the trial court abused its discretion in limiting the cross-examination of the complainant and the direct examination of the defense investigator. We affirm.
I
Appellant, a Veterans Administration hospital employee, requested Dr. Olga Gil-loegly, a staff physician at the hospital, to cosign a prescription for 100 tablets of Valium. Dr. Gilloegly had the responsibility to approve, by cosigning, any prescriptions given to employees at the hospital.
Dr. Gilloegly refused to cosign when she…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Springer v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Punch v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- United States v. Lamont S. Carter, United States of America v. Jerome R. Patterson, United States of America v. Jerome R. PattersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Roundtree v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Wright v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- McClain v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- German v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Coleman v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
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