Legal Opinion
Lawrence E. Kitchen v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 3, 1955No. 12229PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Kitchen was indicted for perpetrating a robbery and for killing one Hysan in the course of perpetrating it. He was convicted of murder in the second degree.1 This appeal followed.
The principal point urged here concerns a question sought to be put to a Government witness by counsel for the defense. This witness, one Tyree, was the night clerk of the hotel where the alleged murder occurred and where Kitchen lived. Tyree testified he saw Kitchen in a restaurant (not in the hotel) with Hysan about five o’clock on the afternoon preceding the crime, and Kitchen…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Thomas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Goodall v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- Crawford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1930
- Pullman Co. v. HallCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1932
- Clawans v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1932
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3Cited by43 opinions
- United States v. Leonard T. Robinson, United States of America v. James E. McCaffity United States of America v. Louis JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Winfield v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Sherer v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- William C. Coleman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
- Thomas Howard, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
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