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BLACKBURN v. UNITED STATES

No. 2753.

171 A.2d 254 (1961)

Walter J. BLACKBURN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 2, 1961.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex K. Nelson, Washington, D. C., with whom Eugene X. Murphy, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Donald S. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., 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).

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant predicates reversible error on the introduction of certain evidence at trial where he was convicted of receiving an automatic pistol, knowing or having cause to believe the same to be stolen in violation of Code 1951, § 22-2205. Specifically, he complains of the court's allowance of an incriminating statement, allegedly made while he was under improper arrest, and, secondly, admission of evidence of his involvement in another...

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