Legal Opinion
McKoy v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 24, 1970No. 4819PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge.
Appellant was convicted of possession of implements of a crime, D.C.Code 1967, § 22-3601, narcotics paraphernalia, consisting of a hypodermic needle, needle holder, and syringe. A police officer found the items in a case on appellant’s person while arresting him under a bench warrant issued by the court in another criminal case in. which he was the defendant and for which he had failed to appear. See McKoy v. United States, D.C.App., 263 A.2d 645.
Appellant stated to the arresting officer after receiving the Miranda 1 warnings that he had recently used the needle and…
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- Allen Benton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
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