Legal Opinion
Galloway v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 17, 1974No. 6951PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge:
Appellant asks us to overturn his conviction for carrying a pistol without a license for which he was sentenced to pay a $100 fine or serve sixty days in jail upon the grounds that the police had (1) no probable cause to search and seize the gun from the auto he was driving on the night they stopped him and (2) no justification under the circumstances of this stop to seize the pistol from the auto as a protective “frisk” authorized by the Supreme Court in Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L. Ed.2d 889 (1968).
We have no occasion to reach the government’s…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Rushing v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- Lawson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Carey v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
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