Legal Opinion

David v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided August 31, 1990No. 89-676PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FERREN, Associate Judge:

Pursuant to a plea agreement, appellant pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder while armed, D.C.Code §§ 22-2403, -3202 (1989). On March 2, 1989, the trial court sentenced appellant to “life imprisonment.” The trial court also stated that the mandatory minimum sentence for the crime was five years of imprisonment. The Judgment and Commitment Order docketed that day memorializes this sentence. The following day the trial court signed and entered into the record a “corrected copy” of the Judgment and Commitment Order. This copy specified a sentence of “15…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. United States v. Paul C. "Paulie" VillanoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
  3. Davis v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
  4. Ernest S. Borum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  5. Haney v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Turner v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
  2. Jacob Herring v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2017
  3. State v. MobleyConnecticut Superior Court · 1993
  4. State v. SorensonNebraska Court of Appeals · 1994
  5. Turner v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996

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