Legal Opinion
Harris v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 10, 1972No. 6172PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge.
This appeal from a conviction for “keepfing] a bawdy or disorderly house * * *, a premises resorted to for homosexual activities”,1 presents a constitutional attack of vagueness on the disorderly house part of the statute as defined by court decision.2 Also, the sufficiency of the evidence is challenged on the ground that no evidence was adduced on the question whether the homosexual conduct described was “subversive of the public morals” — a part of the common-law definition of the disorderly house offense as recognized in Payne v. United States, D.C.Mun.App., 171…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Jairo Velez-Lozano v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Hudson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967
- De Forest v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1897
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- United States v. McKeanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
- Gayer v. SchlesingerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Dinkins v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
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