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· 6/27/1977

United States v. Charles E. Moehlenkamp

Citations

  • 557 F.2d 126
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 12702

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that it is against the interests of justice for a person to \stand convicted without resolution of the merits of his appeal\
  • court followed its “established practice by dismissing [the] appeal as moot, vacating the conviction . . . , and remanding the case to the district court for dismissal of the outstanding indictment[.]”
  • death 3 of defendant during pendency of appeal of right from final judgment of conviction deprives accused of right to appellate decision and requires vacating of conviction and dismissal of indictment

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Judges: Clark, Castle, Bauer

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