Legal Opinion
Wilson v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 25, 1965No. 3707PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Chief Judge:
Appellant was convicted of narcotic vagrancy in violation of D.C.Code 1961, § 33-416a(b) (1) (B). 1 This appeal followed. ’
On the afternoon of October 19, 1964, two detectives assigned to the Narcotics Squad of the Metropolitan Police Department observed an automobile, which they had reason to believe was being used in connection with railroad yard thefts, slowly enter an alley and stop. Upon seeing a known narcotics user approach the car, they drove their cruiser into the alley and stopped in front of the parked vehicle. They engaged the occupants of the car, which included…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Jenkins v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1958
- Harris v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1960
- Brooke v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1965
3Cited by7 opinions
- Hattie Mae Ricks v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Hattie Mae Ricks and Joseph N. Williams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Ricks v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967
- Henry C. Wilson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Henry C. Wilson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
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