Legal Opinion
Watson v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 8, 2013No. 12-CM-871PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Senior Judge:
This court granted the government’s motion for summary affirmance on May 15, 2013. We held that the trial court did not err in denying appellant’s motion to suppress because the police had probable cause to arrest him. Appellant subsequently filed a petition for rehearing. In light of the arguments made in his petition, we take the opportunity to clarify our standard for granting summary disposition *131and address appellant’s argument that he received disparate treatment by having his case disposed of through summary affir-mance.
The standard of review for summary…
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- Coleman v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- United States v. Ollie Baber, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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