Legal Opinion
McFarland v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 13, 1960No. 2591PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Appellant and another man were charged with an unlawful attempt to enter a private building. 1 Although both men were tried together and found guilty by a jury, only appellant takes an appeal on the grounds that (1) the court should not have admitted into evidence a hammer found at the scene of the alleged crime and (2) the court should have granted his motion for a judgment of acquittal.
On November 1, 1959, at about 1:15 a. m., a police officer was making a routine inspection of the commercial buildings on his beat. After trying the front door of a tavern and finding it…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Curley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- Rhinelda M. Bell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Ellison v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- Mills v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Wright v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968
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