Legal Opinion
Matthews v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 26, 1975No. 7935PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Associate Judge:
Appellant was arrested with three other individuals in a room at the Whitelaw Hotel in northwest Washington, and was charged with carrying a pistol without a license. D.C.Code 1973, § 22-3204. His pretrial motion to suppress the gun as evidence was heard and denied. The motion was renewed at trial on the basis of allegedly newly discovered evidence, and again was denied. 1 Appellant thereafter was convicted of the weapon charge. 2 He challenges the denial of his motions to suppress. We affirm.
The trial court based its ruling on certain factual findings. Those findings…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- McDonald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Brooks v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Bennett v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- Jones v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
- United States v. PannellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Gamble v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1976
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