BRAINARD v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 12387, 12388.

220 F.2d 384 (1955)

Dorothy F. BRAINARD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 10, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Louis F. Oberdorfer, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court), with whom Mr. Ezekiel G. Stoddard, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., Lewis Carroll and John F. Doyle, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, FAHY and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted of the crimes of housebreaking and larceny. On appeal, she contends that the trial court erred in denying a pretrial motion to suppress and in dismissing a renewal of the motion at the trial after the introduction of new evidence.

Appellant was, we think, legally arrested; and, several hours thereafter, her living quarters were searched with her consent, obtained freely and without coercion or duress. This consent is shown...

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