# Butler v. United States

> District of Columbia Court of Appeals · April 29, 1980 · 414 A.2d 844

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9648843

## Case

- **Full name:** Raymond E. BUTLER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee
- **Court:** District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** April 29, 1980
- **Citations:** 414 A.2d 844; 1980 D.C. App. LEXIS 288
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Gallagher
- **Judges:** Ferren, Gallagher, Harris, Kelly, Kern, MacK, Nebeker, Newman, Perren, Reilly
- **Cited by:** 26 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding the trial judge should have recused when defense counsel told him that the government's case can be proved beyond a reasonable doubt and that the defendant intends to commit perjury, noting that "[w]hen the court has regard for the ability and honesty of the lawyer . .…

## Opinion text

*854 GALLAGHER, Associate Judge,
with whom YEAGLEY, Associate Judge, Retired, joins concurring in part, dissenting in part:
I join Judge Perron’s concurring and dissenting opinion, except that I do not join him on his discussion in footnote 4. I view that discussion as unnecessary to the opinion and believe it should be left to another day when such an issue is presented on a concrete record.

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