Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. M.M.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 29, 1979No. 14242, 14244PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge:
The government appeals from the trial court’s order entered after a hearing which suppressed (a) certain tangible evidence seized from appellees and (b) an identification of them made at the scene of the crime by an eyewitness because their Fourth Amendment rights had been violated!
The record of the suppression hearing discloses that the two complainants were attacked from the rear and robbed by two assailants early in the morning of September 20, 1978, in the 2700 block of Adams Mill Road near Columbia Road. The victims did not see their attackers but a resident of a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. Robert S. Wylie, A/K/A Bobby S. WylieCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Allen CoadesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by48 opinions
- People v. LippertIllinois Supreme Court · 1982
- State v. MitchellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- Jackson v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 2001
- Scott v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Wilkerson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
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