Legal Opinion
Willcher v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 19, 1979No. 13189PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:
A jury found appellant guilty of unlawful solicitation of money from an indigent whom he had been appointed to represent under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act, D.C.Code 1978 Supp., §§ 11-2601 et seq. 1 Appellant seeks reversal of his conviction on three grounds: (1) the unconstitutionality of the applicable penal provisions of the Act; 2 (2) improper cross-examination of appellant, by means of his testimony before a grand jury regarding a prior solicitation incident; and (3) the erroneous inclusion of statutory background on the Criminal Justice Act in…
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