MORGAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 16782.

309 F.2d 234 (1962)

Daniel Jackson Oliver Wendel Holmes MORGAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 1, 1962.

Petition for Rehearing Denied October 16, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Monroe H. Freedman, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. Charles T. Duncan, Principal Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., William C. Weitzel, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., and Nathan J. Paulson and Luke C. Moore, Asst. U. S. Attys., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. John R. Schmertz, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty. at the time of argument, also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, Chief Judge, and BAZELON and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

For a period of approximately fourteen months, appellant Morgan falsely held himself out to be Attorney Lawrence Archie Harris, who is a bona fide member of the District of Columbia bar, presently residing in California. During this time Morgan made numerous appearances in the courts of the District of Columbia representing defendants in criminal cases. He was tried and convicted on thirteen counts of an indictment:

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