Legal Opinion
Williams v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 3, 1949No. 774PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
Appellant was convicted of being a vagrant, under the classification set out in Code 1940, Supp. VI, § 22 — 3302(1), thus: “Any person known to be a pickpocket, thief, burglar, confidence operator, or felon, either by his own confession or by his having been convicted in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of 'any one of such offenses or of any felony, and having no lawful employment and having no lawful means of support realized from a lawful occupation or source, and not giving a good account of himself when found loitering around in any park, highway, public building,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Tot v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Morrison v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Davenport v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
- Rogers v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1943
- Clark v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1943
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Hattie Mae Ricks v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Harris v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1957
- Barnard v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
- Baker v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1962
- Walker v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1963