Legal Opinion
United States v. Barnes
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 16, 1985No. 84-1433PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
In this appeal, the United States challenges the trial court’s order granting ap-pellee’s motion to suppress a pistol and ammunition seized from his person and used as the basis of the weapons charges against him. Because we conclude that the circumstances justified a Terry1 stop and frisk, we reverse and remand for trial.
I
On March 29, 1984, at about 10:00 p.m., Officers Robert Clark and Michael Turner were sitting in a marked police car parked on the 1000 block of 14th Street, N.W. Officer Clark had patrolled that location before and regarded it as a “high crime…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Brown v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. DelgadoSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by67 opinions
- Brown v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Smith v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- Duhart v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Lawrence v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- State v. NettlesCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1993
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