Legal Opinion
Barnard v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 5, 1956No. 1847PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Associate Judge.
Defendant appeals from a vagrancy conviction under D.C.Code 1951, Supplement IV, § 22-3302(1), which defines a vagrant as
“Any person known to be a pickpocket, thief, burglar, confidence operator, or felon, either by his own confession or by his having been con victed in the District of Columbia or . elsewhere of any one of such offenses or of any felony, and having no lawful employment and having no lawful means of support realized from a lawful occupation or source, and not giving a good account of himself when found loitering around in any park, highway, public…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Rogers v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1943
- Clark v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1943
- Burns v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1943
- Williams v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
- Mitchell v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1955
3Cited by4 opinions
- Lawrence v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966
- Harris v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1957
- Graham v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
- Jones v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1960