Legal Opinion
Bean v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 31, 1990No. 88-1060PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Associate Judge:
One and one do not, as the government contends, always make two; when it comes to counting the number of criminal offenses contained within a single transaction, only the legislature is capable of that kind of addition.
Willie K. Bean appeals his conviction on two counts of violating D.C.Code § 22-3204 (1989 Repl.), one for carrying a knife and the other for carrying a sawed-off .22 cali-bre rifle. Although we find no merit in any of the issues raised by Bean in his appeal, we do find merit in an issue raised sua sponte by this court: that Bean’s conduct constituted a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Arnold v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Thorne v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Clarke v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1969
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3Cited by22 opinions
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