Legal Opinion
Harris v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 11, 1974No. 6172PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge:
Appellant was charged b> an information with keeping a bawdy 01' disorderly house, specifically, "a premises resorted to for homosexual activities,” in violation of D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2722. 1 At trial, 2 appellant’s counsel in his opening statement conceded that appellant “owns and runs” the Regency Health Club, but asserted that it was a “homosexual health club,” not a disorderly house. The government presented the testimony of an undercover police office as to what he had observed upon the five occasions he had visited the Regency which is located in downtown…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by40 opinions
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