UNITED STATES v. BLOK

No. 10487.

188 F.2d 1019 (1951)

UNITED STATES v. BLOK.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 12, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond E. Baker, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom George Morris Fay, U. S. Atty., and Joseph M. Howard, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

William A. Gallagher, Washington, D. C., appointed by the Court to argue as amicus curiæ, urged affirmance.

Before EDGERTON, BAZELON and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

District of Columbia police arrested appellee without a warrant on suspicion of petty larceny.1 They proceeded to search, without a warrant, a desk assigned to her exclusive use in the government office where she was employed. They searched it first in her absence and afterwards in her presence. She did not voluntarily consent to the search although her official superior

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