Legal Opinion

Dolson v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided May 29, 2008No. 05-CF-1438PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FERREN, Senior Judge:

Michael Dolson appeals from his conviction on one count of assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating, or interfering with a police officer, D.C.Code § 22-405(a) (2001), commonly referred to as assault on a police officer or APO. We affirm.

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The conviction arose from an incident between Dolson and Metropolitan Police Department Officer Maurice Clifford on April 27, 2005. While on patrol, Officer Clifford saw Dolson riding his bicycle and emptying a small bag of what the officer believed was narcotics. 1 At this point, Officer Clifford called out to Dolson to…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. United States v. Saundra PrescottCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
  4. District of Columbia v. LittleSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  5. State v. DoeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1978

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3Cited by18 opinions

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  4. Ruffin v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2013
  5. Howard v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2009

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