Legal Opinion
Richardson v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 20, 1971No. 5598PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REILLY, Associate Judge:
Appellant, charged by information with possession of the implements of a crime (narcotics paraphernalia) in violation of D.C.Code 1967, § 22-3601, was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to 180 days’ imprisonment. The sole issue raised on appeal is whether the trial court erred in permitting the case to go to a jury.
At the trial, Samuel Blackburn, an officer of the Metropolitan Police Department, testified that on July 7, 1970, at approximately 11:30 P.M., he and Officer Martin Holland, both in plain clothes, observed appellant and a companion seated on a curb by a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Allen Benton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- McKoy v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1970
- Battle v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- Pollen v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1965
3Cited by17 opinions
- Foster v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- Newby v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
- Abdulshakur v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
- Fields v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
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