Legal Opinion
Marshall v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 9, 1975No. 7915PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:
This is an appeal from appellant’s conviction by a jury of robbery (purse snatching). 1 Assigned as error are the trial court’s denials of appellant’s motions: (1) to suppress as unnecessarily suggestive a lineup identification and the subsequently tainted in-court identification; (2) for a directed verdict of acquittal on the ground of insufficient evidence; and (3) to strike the trial court testimony of the complaining witness as a sanction for the government’s failure to preserve the stolen purse. We affirm.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. Carlton E. Bryant, United States of America v. William E. TurnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Jefferson Crawford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Cotton v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Whalen v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
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