Legal Opinion

Woods v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided December 31, 1956No. Nos. 12861-12871PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BURGER, Circuit Judge.

These eleven cases are before us on appeals from convictions for violations of the District of Columbia lottery laws and conspiracy to violate those laws. All appellants were convicted of operating a lottery, § 22-1501, D.C.Code 1951 and possessing numbers slips, § 22-1502, D.C.Code Supp.1955; five appellants were convicted of having conspired to operate a lottery and sell numbers, 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1952); four were also convicted of permitting the maintenance of premises for gambling, § 22-1505, D.C.Code Supp. 1955.

Appellants’ main contentions are that: (1) items seized…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. United States v. RabinowichSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. Lisansky v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1929
  4. United States v. BellDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1955
  5. Palmer v. KingCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1914

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Harold S. Cross v. United States of America, John L. Jackson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
  2. United States v. JosephDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1959
  3. Ella Mae Work v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
  4. Berigan v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1968
  5. Fred Sykes v. United States of America, Thomas Ruffin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963

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