Legal Opinion
Davenport v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 21, 1948No. 628PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLAGETT, Associate Judge.
Appellant Davenport was convicted of vagrancy and sentenced to serve 90 days in jail. He has appealed, assigning as error the finding of guilt by the trial court, tire admission of certain evidence, and the failure to quash the arrest. He further contends that the entire proceedings constituted double jeopardy within the meaning of the federal Constitution, Amendment 5.
The District of Columbia vagrancy statute 1 is divided into nine subsections, each of which states a different course of conduct or way of life which if followed constitutes the offender a vagrant.…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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- Albrecht v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- District of Columbia v. ClawansSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Hattie Mae Ricks v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- People v. DeibertCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1953
- Sullivan v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Rhodes v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Randolph v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
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