Legal Opinion
Cowan v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 20, 1975No. 7068PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Associate Judge:
The allegations of error raised on this appeal from a conviction of bribery (D.C. Code 1973, § 22-701) concern the admission at trial of impeachment evidence obtained through what the trial court considered to be an illegal search and seizure and from certain of appellant’s statements to an employee of the District of Columbia Bail Agency. We affirm.
On a day in May of 1972 appellant was arrested by Officer Terry A. Womack for driving without an operator’s permit and taken to the precinct to post collateral. As appellant entered the station house he was seen to toss…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Walder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. James Adrian Ambrose, Alias Lilly AmbroseCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- People v. TaylorCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- United States v. Flora Purin and Ernani Da SilvaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. KiddCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1977
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- State v. CampbellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980
- Joyner v. Jonathan Woodner Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Patterson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
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