Legal Opinion

Shelton v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided May 24, 1948No. 9514PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLARK, Associate Justice.

Appellant was indicted for grand larceny and for violation of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act. He was tried in the District Court where a verdict of guilty on both counts was returned by the jury; sentence was imposed for one to five years imprisonment. This appeal followed.

Many asserted errors allegedly committed by the trial court and the prosecution are enumerated by appellant, who has prosecuted his appeal pro se. He maintains that some of the asserted errors are perhaps insignificant standing alone, but that in the aggregate they are sufficient to…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. Caminetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  3. Burdeau v. McDowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  4. Feldman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  5. Kempe v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Elkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Annete M. Allen, Shelley S. Burnette, Rahpre Newberry, and Earnest Leonard v. Chicago Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
  3. Rosalina Lopez-Umanzor v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
  4. United States v. Carl E. Koonce, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
  5. Walter Wynn, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967

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