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7 District of Columbia opinions name it 1 courts 1977–2011 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by District of Columbia courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
White v. United Statesgreen1 sentence2011See White v. United States, 613 A.2d 869 , 877 & n. 18 (D.C. 1992) (en banc) (“The answer to this inquiry comes not from a subjective inquiry into the jurors’ minds, but rather from an analysis of the instructions given to the jury and the presumption that jurors follow instructions.”). | 1 | 1 |
Anderson v. United Statesgreen1 sentence2010See Wilson v. United States, 995 A.2d 174, 188 (D.C. 2010) (“Assuming without deciding that the prosecutor’s question to the detective elicited hearsay and that allowing the detective’s answer was error, we can say with fair assurance that the (assumed) error was harmless.”); In re D.B., 947 A.2d 448, 453 (D.C.2008) (“ We need not determine whether the court erred’ by considering the [contested admission] for a substantive purpose, because appellant ‘was not sufficiently prejudiced by [any] error to justify reversal.’” (quoting Sanders v. United States, 809 A.2d 584, 591 (D.C. 2002))) (second | 1 | 1 |
Sanders v. United Statesgreen1 sentence2010See Wilson v. United States, 995 A.2d 174, 188 (D.C. 2010) (“Assuming without deciding that the prosecutor’s question to the detective elicited hearsay and that allowing the detective’s answer was error, we can say with fair assurance that the (assumed) error was harmless.”); In re D.B., 947 A.2d 448, 453 (D.C.2008) (“ We need not determine whether the court erred’ by considering the [contested admission] for a substantive purpose, because appellant ‘was not sufficiently prejudiced by [any] error to justify reversal.’” (quoting Sanders v. United States, 809 A.2d 584, 591 (D.C. 2002))) (second | 1 | 1 |
Wilson v. United Statesgreen1 sentence2010See Wilson v. United States, 995 A.2d 174, 188 (D.C. 2010) (“Assuming without deciding that the prosecutor’s question to the detective elicited hearsay and that allowing the detective’s answer was error, we can say with fair assurance that the (assumed) error was harmless.”); In re D.B., 947 A.2d 448, 453 (D.C.2008) (“ We need not determine whether the court erred’ by considering the [contested admission] for a substantive purpose, because appellant ‘was not sufficiently prejudiced by [any] error to justify reversal.’” (quoting Sanders v. United States, 809 A.2d 584, 591 (D.C. 2002))) (second | 1 | 1 |
District of Columbia v. Chinngreen2 sentences2005Chinn, supra, provides an answer to this inquiry: [I]f, in a case involving the intentional use of force by police officers, a negligence count is to be submitted to a jury, that negligence must be distinctly pled and based upon at least one factual scenario that presents an aspect of negligence apart from the use of excessive force itself and violative of a distinct standard of care. 2005Chinn, supra, provides an answer to this inquiry: [I]f, in a case involving the intentional use of force by police officers, a negligence count is to be submitted to a jury, that negligence must be distinctly pled and based upon at least one factual scenario that presents an aspect of negligence apart from the use of excessive force itself and violative of a distinct standard of care. | 1 | 1 |
Wells v. Wellsgreen2 sentences1990A. Statutory and Common Law Through 1976 In this jurisdiction, the awarding of custody in the “best interest” of the child as the “paramount” consideration originated in Wells v. Wells, 11 App.D.C. 392, 395 (1897), a case in which each divorcing spouse, as a natural parent, had an equal claim to custody. 1990A. Statutory and Common Law Through 1976 In this jurisdiction, the awarding of custody in the "best interest" of the child as the "paramount" consideration originated in Wells v. Wells, 11 App.D.C. 392, 395 (1897), a case in which each divorcing spouse, as a natural parent, had an equal claim to custody. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in District of Columbia. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
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Jones v. United States
green
2 sentences2007This evidence [was] sufficient to support the conviction[]." Id. at 178 ; cf. Jones v. United States, 625 A.2d 281 (D.C.1993) (concluding that the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction under the aiding and abetting theory because although the appellant was seen talking with the assailant and left with him after the assault was committed, the appellant walked past the victim and continued up the street during the commission of the offense because it did not demonstrate that the appellant did anything to encourage or facilitate the assault). 2007This evidence [was] sufficient to support the conviction[].” Id. at 178 ; cf. Jones v. United States, 625 A.2d 281 (D.C.1993) (concluding that the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction under the aiding and abetting theory because although the appellant was seen talking with the assailant and left with him after the assault was committed, the appellant walked past the victim and continued up the street during the commission of the offense because it did not demonstrate that the appellant did anything to encourage or facilitate the assault). | 2 | 2007–2007 |
Price v. United States
green
1 sentence2007This evidence [was] sufficient to support the conviction[]." Id. at 178 ; cf. Jones v. United States, 625 A.2d 281 (D.C.1993) (concluding that the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction under the aiding and abetting theory because although the appellant was seen talking with the assailant and left with him after the assault was committed, the appellant walked past the victim and continued up the street during the commission of the offense because it did not demonstrate that the appellant did anything to encourage or facilitate the assault). | 1 | 2007–2007 |
United States v. Pedro Padrone
green
1 sentence1977Taken to *608 gether with the pretrial conference between [defense counsel] and [government counsel], as well as with the grand jury testimony, the preliminary hearing testimony, and a second police report — none of which indicated any statement by Lewis, — it was only natural and reasonable that [defense counsel] would construe the government response to mean that no such statement would be used at any time during the trial. [Id.] Cf. United States v. Padrone, 406 F.2d 560 (2d Cir. 1969). | 1 | 1977–1977 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.