Legal Opinion
Jenkins v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 24, 1958No. 2235PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Acting Judge.
Striking at the narcotics evil, Congress in 1956 enacted for this jurisdiction a special vagrancy statute, which provides in part:
“For the purpose of this section—
“(1) the term ‘vagrant’ shall mean any person who is a narcotic drug user or who has been convicted of a narcotic offense in the District of Columbia or elsewhere and who—
“(A) having no lawful employment or visible means of support realized from a lawful occupation or source, is found mingling with others in public or loitering in any park or other public place and fails to give a good account of himself; or * *…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Morrison v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Rossi v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- District of Columbia v. HuntCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- Witters v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- Jacobs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1928
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Hattie Mae Ricks v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- In re A. B. H.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
- Hattie Mae Ricks and Joseph N. Williams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Cook v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1988
- Dumas v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
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