Legal Opinion

Parks v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided June 3, 1993No. 91-CF-922PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SULLIVAN, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of four offenses: assault on a police officer with a dangerous weapon, a pistol (D.C.Code § 22-505(b) (1989)); 1 possession of a firearm during a crime of violence (D.C.Code § 22-3204(b) (1992 Supp.)); 2 carrying a pistol without a license (D.C.Code § 22-3204(a) (1989 and 1992 Supp.)); and willful failure to appear in court (D.C.Code § 23-1327(a) (1989)). 3

Appellant makes three principal contentions on appeal. First, he challenges the denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal and contends that the evidence was insufficient to…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Schad v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Curry v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
  4. Harris v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
  5. Owens v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Ruffin v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
  2. Peterson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
  3. United States v. Dawayne BrownCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
  4. Bowman v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
  5. McCoy v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2006

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