Legal Opinion
Dupont v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 2, 1969No. 4799PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted under D.C.Code 1967, § 22-3214(a) for possession of a prohibited weapon, namely, a submachine gun. A sentence of 360 days was imposed, the execution of which was suspended. Appellant was released on personal recognizance and was confined by the military authorities as a deserter.
On the evening of January 31, 1967, at about 11:45 p. m., Officer Burton of the Metropolitan Police received information from an informant considered reliable that appellant was an army deserter, that he and some companions had gone to Virginia to purchase narcotics…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Judd v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- William L. Maxwell v. Dan D. Stephens, Superintendent of Arkansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Charles James Reeves v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by10 opinions
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