Legal Opinion
United States v. Watson
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 3, 1956No. Crim. 1162-53PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLTZOFF, District Judge.
On the eve of the third trial of this case in which the defendant is charged with murder in the first degree, the defendant has made a motion to suppress certain evidence, consisting of a pair of trousers and a shirt belonging to the defendant and obtained by the police from him.
The first trial concluded with a disagreement of the jury. The second trial resulted in a conviction of murder in the first degree. The conviction was reversed on the ground that a written confession received in evidence should not have been admitted at the trial, 98 U.S.App.D.C. 221, 234 F.2d…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Judd v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- Nueslein v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- Higgins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- State v. TuneSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1953
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United States v. SmithUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1962
- United States v. Alan Ronnie AkersCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Clarence E. Watson, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- United States v. RomanoDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1965
- United States v. BomanoDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1965
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