Legal Opinion
Groves v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 5, 1986No. 84-1496PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALLAGHER, Senior Judge:
Following a non-jury trial on stipulated facts, appellant was convicted of carrying a deadly weapon (a club), D.C.Code § 22-3204 (1981), and possession of a prohibited weapon (brass knuckles), id. § 22-3214. The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying his pretrial motion to suppress the weapons. Appellant submits that the evidence was seized after an unlawful Terry stop1 and was, therefore, inadmissible at trial. We disagree and affirm his convictions.
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Evidence adduced at the hearing on appellant’s motion to suppress revealed as follows:…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. Orson G. White, United States of America v. Lawrence AndersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Harvey R. McClinnhanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- United States v. BarnesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Brown v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Umanzor v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
- Speight v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Beckner v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1993
- Joseph v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007
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