Legal Opinion
Allison v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 16, 1993No. 90-CM-237PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Having been charged with three firearm-related misdemeanors, appellant Allison entered a conditional plea of guilty under Super.Ct.Crim.R. 11(a)(2) to one of them, carrying a pistol without a license. 1 In doing so, he reserved the right to challenge on appeal the denial of his motion to suppress evidence. Allison now claims that a gun which he discarded while being chased by a police officer should have been suppressed because the police lacked reasonable grounds to stop him. The Supreme Court has held, however, that a person who flees from a police officer’s “show of…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- United States v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Hester v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
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3Cited by18 opinions
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