Legal Opinion
Collins v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 29, 1945No. 240PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Associate Judge.
The appellants, Shamigian as owner and Collins as night clerk of a small downtown hotel, were convicted on a charge of operating a disorderly house.1 In appealing they have assigned several errors. These we will discuss not in the order in which they appear in the brief but in a sequence best contributing to brevity and continuity in this discussion.
1. Refusal to Direct Verdict.
The sufficiency of the evidence was challenged by motion for an instructed verdict. We therefore recite the substance of the evidence tending to establish guilt.
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2Cases cited23 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Agnello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Harris v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Curtis v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966
- Watwood v. Potomac Chemical Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1945
- Harris v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- Killeen v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966
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