Legal Opinion

James Allen Campbell v. Us

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided July 20, 2017No. 15-CF-95PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Beckwith, Associate Judge:

Appellant James Campbell- challenges the sufficiency of the government’s evidence-that-he violated the District of Columbia’s open-container law when he was found sleeping in a parked vehicle on a grassy median between two church parking lots with a half-empty bottle of vodka in close reach, Mr. Campbell contends that the evidence was insufficient to establish that he possessed. an open container of alcohol (POCA) in “[a] vehicle in or upon any street, alley, park, or parking area,” D.C. Code § 25-1001(a)(2) (2012 Repl.), 1 because the meaning of “parking area” did…

2Cases cited38 opinions

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  3. Peoples Drug Stores, Inc. v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
  4. Fox v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  5. People v. CainMichigan Court of Appeals · 2000

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