$6200.00 IN U. S. CURRENCY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 4445.

250 A.2d 551 (1969)

$6200.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY (James Oliver Brown), Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 25, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Spriggs, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellant.

Charles T. Duncan, Corp. Counsel, with whom Hubert B. Pair, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, Richard W. Barton and David P. Sutton, Asst. Corp. Counsels, were on the brief, for appellee.

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


KERN, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment in a libel proceeding pursuant to D.C.Code 1967, § 22-1505(c),1 ordering $5,000 forfeited to the District of Columbia. We affirm.

Appellant Brown was arrested pursuant to a warrant in a grocery store where he worked in Southeast Washington and his residence immediately next door was searched pursuant to a search warrant. Prior...

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