Legal Opinion
Butler v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 28, 1977No. 11725PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:
Appellant was arrested on September 13, 1976, by officers of the Narcotics Branch of the Metropolitan Police, who entered and searched his apartment at 3600 Ely Place, S.E., in the District of Columbia pursuant to a valid warrant and seized what was determined subsequently by a police chemist to be heroin.
On November 30, 1976, appellant pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor information charging possession of heroin. This plea was entered in return for an agreement by the government not to seek indictments on a felony drug charge or on a charge of unauthorized possession of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Berman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Korematsu v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. Gary MalcolmCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Grant v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
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