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DICKERSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 1734.

120 A.2d 588 (1956)

James David DICKERSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided February 17, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Domenic Tesauro, Washington, D. C., with whom Meredith C. Coffman, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

E. Tillman Stirling, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., Lewis Carroll and Forbes W. Blair, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Dickerson was convicted of carrying a dangerous weapon. Code, § 22-3204. On this appeal he contends that there was no probable cause for arresting or searching him and that his motion to suppress the use of the pistol as evidence should have been granted.

The factual situation can best be stated by quoting from the agreed statement of evidence. "Officer John Driscoll testified that at 5:19 a. m. on September 25, 1955, he observed...

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