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DIXON v. UNITED STATES

No. 16263.

296 F.2d 427 (1961)

Lewis R. DIXON, Appellant v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 19, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lloyd N. Cutler, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Miss Doris H. Spangenburg, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Mr. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Mr. Charles T. Duncan, Principal Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Harry T. Alexander, Asst. U. S. Atty., at the time the record was filed, was also on the brief for appellee. Mr. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., at the time the record was filed, and Mr. Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., at the time the record was filed, also entered appearances for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, WASHINGTON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Dixon was indicted and tried on three counts and was convicted on one, which charged receipt of stolen property.

The question presented on this appeal is whether there was probable cause for the arrest, the pertinence of the point being that the admissibility of the property seized at the time of the arrest depended upon it.

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