Legal Opinion

United States v. Washington

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided November 6, 1974No. 7609PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

In this government appeal1 from an order suppressing the accused’s grand jury testimony and dismissing the indictment, we are asked to hold that a valid waiver of rights was made and, in any event, that the indictment should not have been dismissed. We sustain the suppression order insofar as it has operation at a future trial, which we make possible by reversing the order of dismissal.

Appellee was handed a subpoena to appear before the grand jury when he came to the office of the United States Attorney seeking a property release of his truck. The truck, described as…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  4. United States v. CalandraSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. United States v. HaldemanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
  2. United States v. Estelle Jacobs A/K/A 'Mrs. Kramer,'Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
  3. Miles v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. Adams v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
  5. United States v. DavisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975

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