Legal Opinion
Wilkerson v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 26, 1981No. 79-1133PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted by a jury of rape (D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2801), and sentenced to ten to forty years imprisonment. He appeals his conviction, challenging the validity of his initial stop, his subsequent arrest, various trial court rulings, and one jury instruction.
At a pretrial hearing on August 22,1979, appellant moved to suppress identifications made by the complainant and an eyewitness on the grounds that they were the fruit of an illegal arrest and of an impermissibly suggestive showup. The testimony adduced at the hearing revealed that the complainant was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- United States v. Brignoni-PonceSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by40 opinions
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