Legal Opinion
Tibbs v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 31, 1986No. 84-314PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted of taking property without right, in violation of D.C. Code § 22-3816 (1985 Supp.). On appeal she contends that there was insufficient evidence to support her conviction. We disagree and affirm.
D
At about 8:00 p.m. on June 9, 1983, Metropolitan Police Officers James Whitaker and Gregory McCauley received a radio report that three people were selling stolen food stamps outside a Safeway supermarket. The broadcast gave a brief description of each person and the car in which they were seated. Whitaker and McCauley drove immediately to the supermarket…
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