Legal Opinion
Rogers v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 11, 1943No. 64PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Associate Judge.
Appeal from a conviction of a charge of vagrancy, Code 1940, § 22 — 3302. The applicable parts of the statute provide:
“That the following classes of persons shall be deemed vagrants in the District of Columbia:
“(3) Any person leading an immoral or profligate life who has no lawful employment and who has no lawful means of support realized from a lawful occupation or source.”
Trial was without a jury. Summarized, the government’s proof was that appellant was frequently seen in the night time as late as 2:00 a. m. in the company of known prostitutes and was also…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- District of Columbia v. ClawansSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Morrison v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Anderson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Rossi v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Hattie Mae Ricks v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Brown v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
- Yvonne Pinkney v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Davenport v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
- Dobkin v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1963
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