# Dobson v. United States

> District of Columbia Court of Appeals · January 30, 1981 · 426 A.2d 361

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9711617

## Case

- **Full name:** Alonzo M. DOBSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee
- **Court:** District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** January 30, 1981
- **Citations:** 426 A.2d 361; 1981 D.C. App. LEXIS 219
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Newman
- **Judges:** Newman, Harris, Yeagley
- **Cited by:** 10 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

NEWMAN, Chief Judge,
concurring:
I concur in the opinion of the court with the exception of footnote 9 supra, at p. 365. That footnote is palpable dictum and, in my judgment, merely adds further confusion to the meaning of our now famous footnote 5 in the case of Johnson v. United States, D.C.App., 387 A.2d 1084 (1978) (en banc).

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