Legal Opinion
Conley v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 26, 2013No. 11-CF-589PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:
In 2009, the Council of the District of Columbia enacted a statute, D.C.Code § 22-2511 (2012 Repl.), making it a felony offense for a person to be present in a motor vehicle if the person knows that the vehicle contains a firearm (“PMVCF”), even if the person has no connection to or control over the weapon and is not involved in any wrongdoing whatsoever. This is the first appeal of a PMVCF conviction to come before this court. Appellant Antwaun Conley, joined by the Public Defender Service as amicus curiae, contends that the law is unconstitutional and that the…
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