COBB v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 4368, 4369.

246 A.2d 777 (1968)

Edward D. COBB, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 24, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Mitchell Jones, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker, David C. Woll and James R. Phelps, Asst. U. S. Attys., for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and FICKLING and KERN, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Chief Judge:

Appellant and a female companion were passengers in a taxicab. The driver of the cab, upon seeing two police officers, pulled the cab to the curb and requested that the officers remove appellant from the cab because he had observed a gun in appellant's possession. After searching appellant, one of the officers asked appellant's companion to show him her purse. She opened the purse and the officer saw the gun. However, appellant attempted to prevent...

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