Legal Opinion
Copening v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 12, 1976No. 7613PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Associate Judge.
Appellant was charged in a single information with three offenses: (1) carrying a pistol without a license, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-3204; (2) possession of an unregistered firearm, D.C.Pol.Reg. Art. 51, § 1; and (3) possession of ammunition for an unregistered firearm, D.C.Pol.Reg. Art. 53, § 2. 1 The charges were tried together. He was acquitted of the statutory charge by the jury, and then was found guilty on each of the Police Regulations counts by the trial judge. 2 Appellant contends principally that the convictions by the judge, expressed immediately following the…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Commissioner v. SunnenSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Palko v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LopezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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- Alston v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Kleinbart v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- United States v. FelderDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
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