Legal Opinion

Sammie Jackson, Jr. v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided February 8, 1962No. 16631_1PublishedCited by 71 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BURGER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is taken from convictions on two counts of an eight count indictment charging housebreaking and grand larceny under 22 D.C.Code Ann. §§ 1801, 2201, and 2202. The appellant’s chief contention is that the police lacked probable cause to arrest him without a warrant and that his timely motion to suppress certain evidence seized by the arresting officers when he was arrested should therefore have been granted.

The circumstances leading up to appellant’s arrest are as follows: Police recovered from a local pawnshop a Smith & Wesson pistol which was one of a number…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Rhinelda M. Bell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
  3. DuPont v. Crummer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Lewis R. Dixon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
  5. Anderson Jones v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959

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3Cited by71 opinions

  1. Harold B. Dorman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
  2. Victor Harry Feguer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
  3. William Spinelli v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
  4. United States v. Patrick H. DavisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
  5. United States v. William A. Hines, United States of America v. Theodore M. WareCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972

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