Legal Opinion
Hall v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 20, 1948No. 9821PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PROCTOR, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was tried in the District Court upon an indictment charging carnal knowledge of a female child of the age of eight years, in violation of Title 22, Section 2801, District of Columbia Code (1940), which reads as follows:
“Whoever has carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her 'will, or carnally knows and abuses a female child under sixteen years of age, shall be imprisoned for not more than thirty years: Provided, That in any case of rape the jury may add to their verdict, if it be guilty, the words ‘with the death penalty,’ in which case the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Nye & Nissen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1948
- Bostic v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1937
- Parmagini v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1930
- United States v. GoodmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Christian v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Smith v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Owens v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Dyson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- George T. Jordan v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia, George T. Jordan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
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