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BELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 13684.

254 F.2d 82 (1958)

Rhinelda M. BELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1958.

Petition for Rehearing Denied March 4, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas E. Harris, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court), for appellant.

Mr. Harry T. Alexander, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Mr. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Messrs. Lewis Carroll and Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Arthur J. McLaughlin, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, BAZELON and BURGER, Circuit Judges.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted for housebreaking and larceny. He claims an unreasonable search and seizure.

At about three-thirty o'clock one morning two police officers in a scout car saw appellant and another man in an automobile pull away from the curb in front of a food store and drive some two blocks without lights. The officers stopped them and asked to see the driver's license and registration card. The inquiring...

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