Legal Opinion
Ricks v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 25, 1967No. 4163-4165PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Judge.
Appellants were convicted under “The Narcotic Vagrancy Statute,” D.C.Code 1961, § 33-416a which provides, inter alia:(a) The purpose of this section is to protect the public health, welfare, and safety of the people of the District of Columbia by providing safeguards for the people against harmful contact with narcotic drug users who are vagrants within the meaning of this section and to establish, in addition (to another Act) * * *, further procedures and means for the care and rehabilitation of such narcotic drug users.(b) For the purpose of this section—(1) the term “vagrant”…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Lanzetta v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Zemel v. RuskSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Hattie Mae Ricks v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Baker v. BindnerDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1967
- Hattie Mae Ricks and Joseph N. Williams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- People v. BeltrandCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1970
- State Ex Rel. De Concini v. GatewoodCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1969
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