Legal Opinion
Davis v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 13, 1967No. 4220, 4221PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Judge:
Appellant Colbert was charged with possession of narcotics, possession of the implements of crime, attempted housebreaking and petit larceny. 1 Appellant Davis was charged with attempted housebreaking and petit larceny. Trial without a jury resulted in their convictions. 2
Testimony revealed that the arresting officers received a call at about 5:03 a. m. from a police dispatcher informing them that a housebreaking was in progress at a specified location. They were warned to be on the lookout for three men, one wearing a yellow shirt and dark pants, another dressed in a blue shirt…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Agnello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Rhinelda M. Bell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- DuPont v. Crummer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Edelin v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967
- Paul Garcia Murgia, Pedro Hernandez Ramirez and Joe Ramirez Carpio v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Dyson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- United States v. Ronald F. FoxCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Boddie v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1969
- Malloy v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968
- McFerguson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
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