William Andrew Washington v. Donald Clemmer
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
1Per curiam 1
This is a habeas corpus case challenging the lawfulness of the procedures used in a preliminary hearing. Appellant, an indigent juvenile, was charged with the capital offense of abetting a rape. After the juvenile court waived jurisdiction, he was brought before the United States Commissioner on May 7, 1964, 1 for a preliminary hearing to determine whether there was probable cause to believe that an offense had been committed and that the appellant had committed it. Rule 5(c), Fed.R.Crim.P. The Government’s only witness was a police officer of the Sex Squad who testified to the complainant’s…
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2Cases cited36 opinions
- Coppedge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by37 opinions
- United States v. EdwardsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
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- Frank A. Tate v. United States of America, Robert M. Edelin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- State v. FlorenceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
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