Legal Opinion

Carter v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided July 24, 1968No. 4426PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FICKLING, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of carrying a pistol without a license in violation of D.C. Code 1967, § 22-3204. His sole contention is that the weapon was seized pursuant to an arrest made without probable cause, and therefore the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the evidence.

About 1:50 p. m. on February 23, 1967, while the arresting of fleers were cruising in a patrol wagon, they received a radio dispatch that a robbery was taking place at a filling station at Barney Circle, S.E. While proceeding to the scene of the purported robbery, they received- a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Melvin L. Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
  3. Willis M. Daniels, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
  4. Heard v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1964
  5. McFarland v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1960

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Brown v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
  2. Patterson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
  3. Lawson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
  4. Galloway v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
  5. Allen v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985

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