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CONYERS v. UNITED STATES

No. 4491.

237 A.2d 838 (1968)

James B. CONYERS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 7, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Donnelly, Washington, D.C. (appointed by this court) for appellant.

Lawrence D. Knippa, Special Atty. to the United States Atty., with whom David G. Bress, U.S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and James E. Kelley, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and MYERS and KELLY, Judges.

MYERS, Associate Judge:

A loaded pistol was found in appellant's pocket during a search of his person, and he was thereafter tried and convicted of carrying a deadly weapon.1

Contending that the search and seizure were not made pursuant to a lawful arrest, appellant made a pretrial motion to suppress the pistol. After hearing, the court denied the motion.2 Appellant argues before us that denial of his...

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