Legal Opinion

In re D. S. A.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided November 19, 1971No. 5647PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FICKLING, Associate Judge:

Appellant was found to have committed murder in the first degree1 after a jury-trial in the Juvenile Court. We hold that none of the points of error raised by him merits reversal and therefore affirm. We will comment briefly on two points: (1) the right to recall a witness and (2) whether the use of photographic identification was improper. At trial appellant neither testified nor presented evidence.

On July 11, 1970, at approximately 11:35 p.m., appellant and two companions were walking along the street when they saw Mr. Louis C. Brown, aged 72, walking ahead of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Malcus T. Clemons v. United States of America, David E. Clark v. United States of America, Alvin C. Hines v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
  4. United States v. KlassCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
  5. Betty Jane Chapman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Beale v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. Pietrangelo v. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLPDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2013
  3. Jones v. Safeway Stores, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
  4. Brown v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
  5. Bourn v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989

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