Legal Opinion
Smith v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 30, 1972No. 6146PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REILLY, Associate Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction on a charge of carrying a dangerous weapon. 1 Appellant contends that (1) the trial court below erred in denying his motion to suppress the weapon as evidence and (2) in any event, there was insufficient proof of possession.
The only witness at the hearing on the motion to suppress was John A. Prosek, an officer of the Metropolitan Police. He testified that on the evening of March 2, 1971, he and some other officers were assigned to a plainclothes detail which had entered a house in the northeast quarter of the city under authority of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Hester v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- United States v. EdwardsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Walter Lee Parman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by18 opinions
- People v. HoskinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
- United States v. David RemCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- United States v. BoswellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
- Spriggs v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Allison v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
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