Legal Opinion
Stuart v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 12, 1960No. 2433PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Associate Judge.
Appellant was charged with reckless driving 1 and driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor 2 The jury acquitted him on the former charge. Of the latter, appellant was convicted and has appealed. He maintains that he was prejudiced by the police officers’ testimony that he had refused to submit to' a sobriety test, as provided for in Code 1951, § 40-609a (Supp. VII), and by the comments of the prosecutor upon that refusal. The statute was signed into law for the District of Columbia on March 4, 1958, and this is the first case concerning it that has come before…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Yakus v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Stephen S. Kelley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- United States v. NesmithDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1954
- United States v. KellyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1954
- United States v. TownsendDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1957
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- Campbell v. Superior CourtArizona Supreme Court · 1971
- Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
- State v. AlbrightCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1980
- People v. HayesMichigan Court of Appeals · 1975
- District of Columbia v. McConnellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
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