Legal Opinion
Bean v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 21, 2011No. 10-CF-349, 10-CO-439PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Senior Judge:
Following a one-day jury trial, appellant Nathaniel Bean was convicted of possessing two controlled substances, cocaine and heroin, with intent to distribute them, in violation of D.C.Code § 48-904.01(a)(l) (2001). On appeal he contends that the police lacked probable cause to arrest him for possession of an open container of alcohol (“POCA”) because the container in question was closed (although unsealed) when the police first discovered it. He also raises, for the first time on appeal, a void-for-vagueness challenge to the POCA statute, D.C.Code § 25-1001(a) (2001), and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Arizona v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- United States v. Carlton E. Bryant, United States of America v. William E. TurnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Cotton v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- In re W. E. P.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
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3Cited by14 opinions
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