Legal Opinion
Gaulmon v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 26, 1983No. 81-1042PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YEAGLEY, Associate Judge,
Retired:
A jury convicted appellant of carrying a pistol without a license, D.C.Code § 22-3204 (1973). On appeal he argues that the trial court erred in (1) denying his motion to suppress the gun as the product of an ille gal warrantless search of his hotel room, and (2) denying his post-trial motion for judgment of acquittal on grounds that his residence, a hotel room, fit within the “dwelling house” exception to the offense. 1 We affirm.
On October 15, 1980, appellant registered at the Chastelton Hotel, located at 1701 16th Street, N.W., and checked into room 580. Two…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Stoner v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Harold B. Dorman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Commonwealth v. FordeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Derrington v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Miley v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- United States v. WoodfolkDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
- United States v. HarrisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Sturdivant v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
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