Legal Opinion

Jones v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided April 22, 1975No. 7369PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARRIS, Associate Judge:

Appellant was found guilty of the possession of the implements of crime (narcotics paraphernalia) in violation of D.C. Code 1973, § 22-3601, and of the unlawful possession of marijuana. 1 Id., § 33-402. Those convictions were based upon contraband which was seized through the execution of a search warrant. We are asked to hold the search warrant constitutionally deficient, and to conclude that the manner of its execution was violative of D.C.Code 1973, § 23-591. We affirm.

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The warrant was obtained from a United States Magistrate for the District of Columbia. Its…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. Sabbath v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Charles E. Dickey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
  5. Ng Pui Yu v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. United States v. Wilbert B. WarrenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
  2. United States v. Charles M. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
  3. United States v. CovingtonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
  4. Coleman v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
  5. Goldston v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989

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