Legal Opinion

Henighan v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided June 10, 1981No. 80-169PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Following a suppression hearing, appellant was convicted in a stipulated trial before the court of carrying a pistol without a license, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-3204, and was placed on probation for three years after receiving a twelve-month suspended sentence. She appeals on the grounds that her motion to suppress the pistol was improperly denied. We affirm.

In the early morning hours of June 7, 1979, two officers in a patrol car answered a radio run asking for two cars to respond to the 1700 block of 14th Street, N.W., for a woman with a gun. The radio communication…

2Cases cited51 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  3. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State v. PullyTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
  2. State v. TuckerCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1994
  3. State v. OrtizHawaii Supreme Court · 1984
  4. United States v. MasonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
  5. State v. VasquezArizona Supreme Court · 1991

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