Legal Opinion
Dyson v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 29, 1953No. 1328PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Associate Judge.
Appellant having been convicted by a jury of simple assault1 brings this appeal.
A police officer assigned to the morals division of the Metropolitan Police Department testified that shortly after midnight on October 10, 1952, he was approached by defendant, who asked the officer to light his cigarette. The officer handed him a book of matches, and after defendant had lit the cigarette and returned the matches, “he placed his left hand on my privates and squeezed them.” When the officer asked him why he had done this, he replied, “Well, ain’t you sporting?” The officer…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Beausoliel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- Bracey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
- United States v. SeboCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1939
- Martin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Hodge v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Ernesto Guarro v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Ali v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Calaway v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Adams v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Pounds v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
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