# Williamson v. United States

> District of Columbia Court of Appeals · April 21, 1992 · 607 A.2d 471

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9705400

## Case

- **Full name:** Clive WILLIAMSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee
- **Court:** District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** April 21, 1992
- **Citations:** 607 A.2d 471; 1992 D.C. App. LEXIS 111; 1992 WL 82127
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Ferren, Schwelb, Farrell
- **Cited by:** 20 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9705400

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that police could stop a car leaving the scene of a shooting in order to question witnesses because “[s]hort of the stop of [the] vehicle, there was no reasonable way in which the officer could obtain immediate information about the shooting which these occupants could…
- concluding that an investigatory motorist stop was reasonable, when the motorist was in one of two cars from which gun shots were heard, and the other car sped off

## Opinion text

PER CURIAM:
The judgment of the Superior Court is affirmed. Under the circumstances of this case, the stop of appellant was permitted by the Fourth Amendment. The reasoning in support of this conclusion is contained in all but part II.B.l. of the opinion of Judge FARRELL and in part II of the concurring opinion of Judge Schwelb.

---

Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9705400. Public record. Not legal advice.