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WILLIAMS v. UNITED STATES

No. 13369.

237 F.2d 789 (1956)

Warren F. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 11, 1956.

Petition for Rehearing Denied November 27, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Yale Kamisar, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court), for appellant.

Mr. Nathan J. Paulson, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., Lewis Carroll and Arthur J. McLaughlin, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and BAZELON and FAHY, Circuit Judges.

Petition for Rehearing In Banc Denied November 27, 1956.

PER CURIAM.

The arrest of appellant was illegal because without a warrant, without probable cause, and without other validating circumstances.1 The government does not seriously contend otherwise. A cigarette package containing capsules which in turn contained contraband narcotics was procured by the officers, who had appellant in custody, when he dropped the package in a...

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