MADRE v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 2799, 2800.

173 A.2d 917 (1961)

Odessa M. MADRE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided September 25, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Emmett McKenzie, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

William W. Greenhalgh, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., Charles T. Duncan and Arnold T. Aikens, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, retired) sitting by designation under Code, § 11-776(b).


HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant was tried and convicted by a jury of receiving stolen goods (Code 1951, § 22-2205, Supp. VIII) and for the possession of lottery tickets (Code 1951, § 22-1502, Supp. VIII). She appeals both convictions.

On October 11, 1960, two police officers conducted a search of appellant's premises and uncovered a quantity of allegedly stolen property and a number of items usually associated with a numbers operation. Prior to...

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