Legal Opinion

DEANGELO JENKINS v. UNITED STATES

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided February 2, 2017No. 15-CF-724Published

1Opinion of the Court

Pryor, Senior Judge:

Following a stipulated trial, appellant was convicted of the unlawful possession of a firearm and related charges. 1 On appeal, appellant contends that the police lacked reasonable, articulable suspicion to stop and frisk him, and that the trial court thus erred in denying his motion to suppress. We agree and reverse.

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On a winter afternoon in January 2015, between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m., the complaining witness entered one of eight buildings on Columbia Road, Northwest, Washington, comprising the Columbia Heights Village (CHV) apartment complex. The complex has 400 units. As…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. United States v. HensleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Smith v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. Robinson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2013

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