PETTAS v. UNITED STATES

No. 3505.

203 A.2d 170 (1964)

Dan A. PETTAS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 28, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur A. Peisner, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Allan Palmer, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.


MYERS, Associate Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of petit larceny, 22 D.C.Code, § 2202 (1961).

Prior to trial a motion to suppress certain evidence seized at the time of arrest was made by appellant on the ground that his arrest had been without probable cause and therefore the search and seizure were illegal. The overruling of this motion and the admission of the evidence in question are the only errors charged by appellant.<...

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