Legal Opinion
$1,407.00 in United States Currency v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 29, 1968No. 4192PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FICKLING, Associate Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of condemnation and forfeiture of $1,407.00. 1 Appellant claims that the trial court should have granted his motion for a finding on the ground that the government had not established by a preponderance of the evidence that the moneys seized were “used or to be used” in a lottery. 2
On June 30, 1966, several police officers entered a carryout shop armed with a U. S. Commissioner’s arrest warrant for a “John Doe” who was identified as the appellant. There they found him, holding a folder in his hand which he attempted to conceal behind a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- One 1961 Lincoln Continental Sedan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Commonwealth v. PetrilloSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Quidley v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1950
- United States v. Harris Leveson, Jr., of $16,833.00Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- United States v. BellDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1954
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3Cited by6 opinions
- $3,265.28 in United States Currency v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1969
- $345.00 in United States Currency v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Spencer v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Vasile v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- $6200.00 in United States Currency v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1969
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