Legal Opinion
Bridges v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 19, 1978No. 10448PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:
Appellant was tried by a jury and convicted of first-degree burglary while armed, armed rape, first-degree burglary and petit larceny. 1 He contends on appeal that the trial court erred in refusing to suppress certain tangible evidence and an incriminating statement made to police.
This case arose out of two separate offenses occurring on the morning of March 27, 1974. Within a period of four hours, an intruder had broken into two homes in southeast Washington, stolen cigarettes from one house, and raped a woman at gunpoint in the other. Similar appearing footprints…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Oregon v. MathiasonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. DerricoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- Bradley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
- Fletcher Altman Smith, and Marguerite Elizabeth Smith v. Don Heath, and Jack RohtertCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- Patton v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- State v. BaileySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
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