Legal Opinion
Tyler v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 29, 1973No. 6206PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:
This is an appeal from a conviction of a charge of carrying an unlicensed weapon in violation of D.C.Code 1967, § 22-3204. Appellant assigns as error the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress the gun as evidence claiming that its seizure resulted from an illegal search of his car. Finding that the warrantless search was unreasonable, we reverse.
*749On September 21, 1971, at approximately 3:30 a. m., the arresting officer responded to a call for assistance from Sergeant John Hendrick who was in the alley in the rear of the 1300 block of Kenyon Street, Northwest.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Robinson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2013
- Curtis v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
- Jones v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- United States v. BennettDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Purce v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
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