Legal Opinion
Lewis v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 15, 1979No. 11533PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted in a nonjury trial of carrying a pistol without a license, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-3204, and of the possession of both an unregistered firearm and ammunition for an unregistered firearm. D.C.Pol.Regs., art. 51, § 1, and art. 53, § 2. He contends that his motion to suppress the firearm and the ammunition as the products of an illegal search and seizure erroneously was denied. We affirm.
Appellant and a companion were spotted by Metropolitan Police Officers Pope and Simms in the vicinity of the intersection of 12th and U Streets, N.W. The officers were…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- United States v. Raymond J. BerryhillCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Ralph Donald TharpeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- In re M.E.B.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
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