ABNEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 9000.

347 A.2d 402 (1975)

John O. ABNEY a/k/a Olden Abney, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 19, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan J. King, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Stuart M. Gerson, Joseph E. DiGenova, and Joseph Guerrieri, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., for appellee.

Before FICKLING, NEBEKER and HARRIS, Associate Judges.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

This appeal arises from a conviction of robbery and raises the issue of whether the trial court erred in denying appellant's proposed jury instruction on an assumed unreliability in interracial identification. We hold that the denial of the requested instruction was correct, and affirm.

The victim, Robert A. Ullhorn, was walking home from a market when he saw two men approach him. As they came abreast of him, one of the men quickly...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases