Legal Opinion

Battle v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided October 3, 1986No. 83-1555, 84-39 and 84-760PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NEWMAN, Associate Judge:

To resolve this appeal, we must decide four issues of first impression with this court: (1) can a conviction under D.C. Code § 22-503 (1981) for assault with intent to commit another offense be based upon an intent to commit the other offense against another person; (2) does the extortion statute of the District of Columbia, D.C. Code § 22-2306 (1981), apply to a communication originating outside the District of Columbia but transmitted and received here; (3) does the trial court have discretion to permit rebuttal evidence as to a defendant who presented no witness or…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. United States v. Sally A. Papia, Russell J. Enea, Joseph v. Basile, and Maximillion J. AdonnisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
  3. Christian v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
  4. United States v. HubbardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
  5. Sherrod v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Ingram v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
  2. Roy v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
  3. Outlaw v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
  4. Akins v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
  5. Garringer v. StateHawaii Supreme Court · 1996

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