Legal Opinion
Payne v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 25, 1972No. 6095PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REILLY, Chief Judge:
This is an appeal from a conviction on a charge of possessing marijuana in violation of D.C.Code 1967, § 33-402. Appellant waived a jury, and at the end of the Government’s case moved for a judgment of acquittal which was denied. The only question before this court is whether sufficient evidence had been adduced to justify this ruling.
The principal witness for the Government was a park policeman whose testimony may be summarized as follows:
While on duty one night last summer in an outdoor amphitheater in Rock Creek Park, he smelled what he thought was marijuana and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Curley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- Pelham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1957
- Edelin v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967
- Greer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
- People v. PippinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1962
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Franey v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- United States v. Donald Earl SpannCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
- Wishop v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Blakeney v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Thomas v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
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