Lloyd A. Hall v. United States

MaeKINNON. Circuit Judge

(dissenting) :

The conclusion reached by the court in this case is premised on a holding that a provision of the District of Columbia Narcotic Vagrancy Act, D.C.Code § 33-416a(b) (1) (C) (1967), does not square with the court’s construction of the Fourth Amendment. I find the path taken by the majority to arrive at this holding, and to reverse Hall’s conviction, a curious one to say the least, and a mistaken one in several significant respects. My differences lead me to respectfully dissent from today’s decision.

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I would first disagree with the court’s willingness to…