Legal Opinion
Stephenson v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 10, 1972No. 6015PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge:
The sole issue in this appeal is the lawfulness of a police stop and frisk of appellant which uncovered incriminatory items resulting in his immediate arrest and his later trial for and conviction of burglary. Our decision necessarily rests upon the facts leading up to the confrontation between the police and appellant and what occurred during that encounter.
Two police officers, each in his own cruiser with motor idling, were parked at 4:30 in the morning facing south on 10th Street toward H Street in the northwest section of the city. Having observed almost no people…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Bailey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Jenkins v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Charles D. Long v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Smith v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- Davis v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- United States v. JohnsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- United States v. BennettDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- In re D.J.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
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