Legal Opinion
Campbell v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 3, 1971No. 5359PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FICKLING, Associate Judge:
We reverse appellant’s convictions for petit larceny, destruction of property, and attempted burglary II. Since there was no probable cause to arrest, the seizure of a television set during that arrest was illegal and therefore it could not have been properly admitted into evidence.1
About 4 o’clock in the afternoon, while routinely patrolling a neighborhood in an unmarked car, two police officers operating in the “old clothes unit” (without uniforms) observed appellant and a companion walking together. Appellant was openly holding a screwdriver; his companion carried…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- William H. Fuller v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Rhinelda M. Bell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- DuPont v. Crummer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Sammie Jackson, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- Charles H. Kelley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Jenkins v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Stephenson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- United States v. BoswellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
- Sanders v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
- Arrington v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
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