Legal Opinion
Cousart v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 18, 1992No. 88-CF-1120PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Senior Judge:
A jury convicted appellant of carrying a pistol without a license, D.C.Code § 22-3204 (1989), and related offenses. Prior to trial, the court refused to suppress as evidence the pistol which the police found wedged between the end of the front seat and the right front door of the auto in which appellant was riding as the front seat passenger.
The dispute in the instant case is not over the lawfulness of the police stop of the auto, which appellant concedes, but the constitutionality of the police command to appellant and the other passenger to raise their hands into view as…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Berkemer v. McCartySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Pennsylvania v. MimmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Upshur v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
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