Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. Prather
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 19, 1965No. 3622PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Associate Judge.
By information filed in the Juvenile Court, appellee was charged with being the father of a child born out of wedlock on July 18, 1961. At the conclusion of the government’s case the court, sitting without a jury, granted appellee’s motion to dismiss the complaint. This appeal followed.
The evidence, viewed in a light most favorable to the government, showing that in April 1960 the complaining witness signed papers committing her husband to a veterans’ hospital in Albany, New York. Because of this confinement, she did not see him for the remainder of the year. Beginning…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Peters v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
- District of Columbia v. TurnerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
- Bragg v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1953
- Murphy v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952
3Cited by5 opinions
- S.A. v. M.A.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Perry v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1965
- In re Estate of ShorterDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- S.A. v. M.A.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Sa v. MaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987