Legal Opinion
Durphy v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 27, 1967No. 4340PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MYERS, Associate Judge:
After trial without jury, appellant was convicted of petit larceny. D.C.Code § 22-2202 (1961 ed.). Although he alleges several errors, we have addressed ourselves only to the contention that the evidence was insufficient to support a verdict of guilty.
At trial, the Government presented evidence that appellant, his wife and their baby were in a self-service food market. A meat cutter, watching through a one-way mirror, observed appellant take a variety of meat products and put them into a shop ping bag. Suspicious of appellant’s activities, the employee reported them to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Loch Et Ux. v. Confair Et Ux.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Groomes v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1959
- Lasky v. Economy Grocery StoresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Day v. Grand Union Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1952
- Ray v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967
3Cited by21 opinions
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- State v. HauckNebraska Supreme Court · 1973
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- Carmon v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
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