Legal Opinion
Oscar Dancy, Jr. v. United States of America, (Two Cases)
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 10, 1966No. 18716_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAHY, Circuit Judge:
No. 18716. This appeal challenges a judgment based on convictions of violating the narcotic laws, 21 U.S.C. § 174, 26 U.S.C. §§ 4704(a), 4705(a), the three convictions growing out of one alleged sale of a narcotic drug, which appellant denied he made. He was sentenced to 5, 10, and 10 years, the sentences to run concurrently, and has served about 1 year and 11 months. The contentions for reversal are primarily (1) denial of the right to counsel and (2) failure of counsel or trial court to raise the defense of insanity.
On April 1,1963, appellant was brought from jail to the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Pollard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Fiswick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- St. Pierre v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Wood v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- William D. Blue v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by23 opinions
- John Kenneth Henderson v. Frederick Frank, Superintendent Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., Attorney General John K. HendersonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- Lawrence D. Coleman v. The Honorable Arthur L. Burnett, United States Magistrate for the District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- William R. Mason v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- George E. Ross, Jr. v. The Honorable John J. Sirica, United States District JudgeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- State v. FlorenceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
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