Legal Opinion
Davenport v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 20, 1948No. 579PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Defendant was convicted of making an obscene and indecent exposure in a public park.1
The Government’s only witness testified that on May 13, 1947, at about 7:00 p.m. she was seated at a ground floor window of a dormitory for women in Potomac Park, and that defendant walked from the nearby pavement to a place on the grass approximately fifteen feet from the window and there, with his back tó a tree, ■ facing her and with no obstruction between him and *852the window exposed his person and performed an obscene .and indecent act. The revolting details of the act need not be…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- United States v. BalintSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Ellis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Townsend v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- State v. PeerySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1947
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Ricketts v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1981
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- Hearn v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1962
- State v. SousaConnecticut Appellate Court · 1964
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