Legal Opinion
Marshall v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 28, 1967No. 4213-4215PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
As a result of a police raid on an apartment, appellants, together with others, were arrested. After a jury trial, Watkins was convicted of narcotic vagrancy. D.C.Code § 33-416a (1961). Marshall was convicted of maintaining a common nuisance. D.C. Code § 33-416 (1961). Both were also convicted of possession of narcotics. D.C.Code § 33-402(a) (1961).
We ruled in Edelin v. United States, D.C.App., 227 A.2d 395, 399 (1967), that “where there is only a trace of a substance, a chemical constituent not quantitatively determined'because of minuteness, and there is no additional proof of its usability…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Edelin v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967
- Melvina O'Neal v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- O'NEAL v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1954
- United States v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Wallace v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
- Malloy v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968
- Thomas v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
- Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- Gantt v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1970