STEPHENS v. UNITED STATES

No. 15221.

271 F.2d 832 (1959)

Leroy STEPHENS, Appellant v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 22, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. William J. Garber and Curtis P. Mitchell, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Mr. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., was on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Thomas O'Malley, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

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


BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of lottery tickets (D.C. Code, § 22-1502 (Supp. IV, 1958)). Appellant did not testify at the trial.

His sole contention on this appeal is that the trial court erred in refusing to suppress certain highly incriminating evidence seized under the following circumstances: On the morning of July 9, 1958, officers of the Metropolitan Police Department obtained search warrants for two...

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