Opinion

Thomas v. United States

  • 824 A.2d 26
  • 2003 D.C. App. LEXIS 290
  • 2003 WL 21198042
Court
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Filed
May 22, 2003
Status
Published
On the bench
Schwelb, Farrell, Ruiz
Cited by
7 cases
Authority
More cited than 56.8%

noting that the jury can, through common sense infer that a witness with children would not want to be convicted of perjury because she would not want to lose custody of her kids

How later courts described this case

  • noting that the jury can, through common sense infer that a witness with children would not want to be convicted of perjury because she would not want to lose custody of her kids
  • "Juror No. 1 could properly be removed only if the requirements of Rule 24(c) were satisfied.”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

PER CURIAM:

The judgment is affirmed for the reasons stated in Judge Schwelb’s lead concurring opinion, except with respect to the issue discussed in Judge Farrell’s concurring opinion and in Part I of Judge Ruiz’ dissenting opinion. As to that issue, the judgment is affirmed for the reasons stated in Judge Farrell’s opinion and in footnote 13 to Judge Schwelb’s opinion.

Affirmed.

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