Legal Opinion
Moody v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 5, 1960No. 2572-2576PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Associate Judge.
Appellant was convicted by the court, trial by jury having been waived, on two counts of unlawful entry, 1 two of petit larceny, 2 and one of possessing numbers slips. 3 On appeal, he contends that the trial court committed error in denying his motion to suppress certain evidence on the ground that it had been secured by search and seizure in contravention of the Fourth Amendment. He also complains that as a matter of law there was insufficient evidence to convict him of the charge of possessing numbers slips. These are the facts:
On October 24, 1959, at 1:30 a. m., an…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Elkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Burdeau v. McDowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Byars v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Lustig v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by41 opinions
- People v. McKinnonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- Stapleton v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- United States v. Jack MekjianCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Dennis E. PrybaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- United States v. John A. McGuire Edmond G. Blumner and Herbert PerryCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
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