Legal Opinion

In Re Lewis

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided May 21, 1952No. 1203PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant, a boy thirteen years of age, was committed by the Juvenile Court to the Board of Public Welfare after hearing on a petition charging him with having committed an indecent assault on a little girl nearly five years of age.

At the hearing there was testimony by the little girl, her mother, and a police officer who identified a confession by appellant, the confession being received in evidence without objection. The testimony and evidence fully justified a finding that the little girl went to appellant’s home, which was next door to her home, and there appellant…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Wheeler v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Beausoliel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
  3. Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
  4. Hill v. SkinnerOhio Court of Appeals · 1947
  5. People v. GoffCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1950

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Hildreth v. KeyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1960
  2. Fitzgerald v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
  3. Smith v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
  4. Doran v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
  5. Watts v. SmithDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967

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