HARRELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 17350.

317 F.2d 580 (1963)

Reuben H. HARRELL, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George W. Shadoan, Washington, D. C. (appointed by the District Court), for appellant.

Mr. Tim Murphy, Asst. U. S. Atty. with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker and Alfred Hantman, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and EDGERTON and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a taxi driver, was convicted on both counts of an indictment charging violations1 of the narcotic laws. The charges stem from a seizure of narcotics from appellant's taxi after it was double-parked discharging a passenger. The principal question presented on the motion to suppress, and on the merits, concerned the credibility2 of the Government's principal witness, Officer...

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