Legal Opinion
Jones v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 18, 1978No. 12620PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted of possession of marijuana (D.C.Code 1973, § 33-402). The sole question presented for review is whether the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion to suppress the marijuana found in his car by a police officer. In answering this question, we are faced with another of “the myriad daily situations in which policemen and citizens confront each other.” Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 12, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 1875, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968).
The testimony introduced at the hearing on appellant’s motion to suppress indicated the following. Shortly after 1…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Pennsylvania v. MimmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Coleman v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
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3Cited by42 opinions
- United States v. Orson G. White, United States of America v. Lawrence AndersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- People v. MurrayIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
- In re T.M.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- State v. SchlosserUtah Supreme Court · 1989
- Gomez v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
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