Legal Opinion
Burns v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 1, 1943No. 128PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARDSON, Chief Judge.
Defendant was convicted of vagrancy under Sections 22 — 3302 to 22 — 3305, 1940 Code, and has appealed.
On the evening of July 3, 1943, defendant was observed by a police officer mingling with the crowd at the Greyhound Bus Terminal. Later, shortly after midnight, he was again observed by the officer at the same terminal. He was followed by the officer to the Trailways Bus Terminal and there he again mingled with the crowd on the loading platform. He was then placed under arrest. He admitted to the officer that he had been a pickpocket and had a long record of…
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- Clark v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1943
- Mitchell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
- State v. TobinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Davenport v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
- Harris v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1957
- Williams v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
- Barnard v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
- Walker v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1963