Legal Opinion
Hill v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 13, 1970No. 5145, 5146PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge.
Appellant was convicted by the court sitting without a jury of possession of a pistol not registered as required by Article 51, Section 1 of the District of Columbia Police Regulations, and of possession of ammunition usable in a firearm for which he did not have a valid certificate of registration, in violation of Article 53, Section 2 of the Police Regulations. Appellant moved for judgment of acquittal upon the conclusion of the government’s case, and again later upon final submission of the case. He now questions the sufficiency of the evidence. See Cephus v. United…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Alfredo Delgado Arellanes and Geneva Arellanes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Earl R. Cephus v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
- Martin Judson Smith, Jr. And John Thomas Lott v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Robert Lewis Eason and Kenneth Lamoyne Nowlin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Brown v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Patterson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
- Jackson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Copening v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Irby v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
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