Legal Opinion
Clark v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 26, 1943No. 112PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction on a charge of vagrancy under Code Section *71222 — 3302.1 This section declares that certain classes of persons shall he deemed vagrants. Among those classes are: “(1) Any person known to be a pickpocket, thief, burglar, confidence operator, or felon, either by his own confession or by his having been convicted 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…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Lanzetta v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Forte v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1937
- The People v. BelcastroIllinois Supreme Court · 1934
- Bullock v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Hattie Mae Ricks v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- District of Columbia v. HuntCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- Davenport v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
- Jenkins v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1958
- Beail v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
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