UNITED STATES v. HENSON

Nos. 71-1456, 71-1491, 71-1497 and 71-1356.

486 F.2d 1292 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America v. Joseph D. HENSON, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Joseph E. MARSHALL, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Larry L. BROWN, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Ells W. JEFFRIES, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 17, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Warren Bennett, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant in No. 71-1456.

Robert M. Hausman, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant in No. 71-1491.

Jon P. Axelrod, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant in No. 71-1497.

Donald P. Zeifang, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), was on the brief for appellant in No. 71-1356.

Paul L. Friedman, Asst. U. S. Atty., for appellee in Nos. 71-1456 and 71-1497.

Richard L. Cys, Asst. U. S. Atty., for appellee in No. 71-1491.

Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, John A. Terry, John G. Gill, Jr., and Leonard W. Belter, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief for appellee in No. 71-1356.

Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, John A. Terry, Herbert B. Hoffman, Percy H. Russell, Jr., John F. Evans and Kenneth Michael Robinson, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the briefs for appellees in Nos. 71-1456, 71-1491, 71-1497.

Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., Earl J. Silbert and Leonard W. Belter, Asst. U. S. Attys., also entered appearances for appellees.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, WILBUR K. MILLER, Senior Circuit Judge, and WRIGHT, McGOWAN, TAMM, LEVENTHAL, ROBINSON, MacKINNON, ROBB, and WILKEY, Circuit Judges, sitting


Argued En banc June 1, 1972. 71-1356 argued June 8, 1972-before Panel.

On Rehearing En Banc

McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:

These four criminal appeals were considered by the court en banc for the purpose of considering an important issue common to each. That issue is whether the statute recently enacted by the Congress, 14 D.C.Code § 305 (Supp. IV, 1971), which mandated the admission into evidence of certain prior convictions of each...

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