Legal Opinion
Wells v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 17, 1971No. 5663PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FICKLING, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted of being present in an illegal establishment in violation of D.C.Code 1967, § 22-1515(a) (PIE). 1 On this appeal he raises a number of challenges to that conviction. After careful review of the record, however, we find no reversible error and we affirm. 2
Pursuant to a search warrant, police officers entered apartment 1 at 1311 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W., and recovered a syringe and cooker in plain view on the kitchen table, two tinfoil packets containing 280 milligrams of heroin and two syringes from behind the living room couch, a syringe and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Williams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
- Williams v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968
- People v. CerratoNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- United States v. HolmesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by16 opinions
- United States v. TurnerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
- District of Columbia v. M. E. H.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
- In re E.A.H.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Castellon v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2004
- DeGruy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1975
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