Legal Opinion
Chapman v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 13, 1985No. 83-836PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired:
Appellant was charged by a three count information with carrying a pistol without a license, D.C.Code § 22-3204 (1981), possessing a pistol without a valid registration, id. § 6-2311(a), and possessing ammunition without registration, id. § 6-1861(c). A jury found appellant guilty as charged after which the court imposed concurrent sentences of a $300 fine or thirty days’ imprisonment on each count. This appeal followed.
Appellant’s contentions are in substance that (1) the two weapons counts of the information were duplicitous with the result that he was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Watts v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- John Harris, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Powell v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Morris v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Price v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Lawson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Bean v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Chapman v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
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