Legal Opinion
Christmas v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 1, 1974No. 6952PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAIR, Associate Judge:
For purposes of this appeal from a judgment of conviction for possession of a dangerous drug,1 we accept the government’s statement of the case.2
At approximately 10:15 p. m., on October 19, 1972, Officers Wilks and Exum of the Metropolitan Police Department while seated in a police cruiser parked on S Street, N.W., near the corner of 14th Street, observed a 1952 Ford station wagon proceeding in a northerly direction on 14th Street. The vehicle was occupied by two persons, later identified as appellant (the driver) and James Brown (a passenger). The police cruiser was…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Hicks v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
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