Legal Opinion
Purce v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 1, 1984No. 83-222PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted of carrying a pistol without a license, 1 possession of an unregistered firearm, 2 and possession of unregistered ammunition. 3 On appeal he challenges only the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence. We find his challenges without merit and affirm the conviction.
I
Shortly before sunrise on a Sunday morning in October 1982, at about 6:45 a.m., Officer Sal Lauro of the United States Park Police was patrolling near the Carter Barron Amphitheater in Rock Creek Park when he decided to make a routine check of the amphitheater’s parking…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- New York v. BeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Brown v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by33 opinions
- People v. MurrayIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
- Randolph v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2005
- Duhart v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- United States v. BarnesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Kelly v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
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