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LEFTWITCH v. UNITED STATES

No. 4703.

251 A.2d 646 (1969)

Gregory Orasker LEFTWITCH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 21, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary M. Burnett, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Robert S. Bennett, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MYERS, KELLY and GALLAGHER, Associate Judges.

GALLAGHER, Associate Judge.

While on patrol, a police officer observed appellant walking along a street looking into parked cars and trying their door handles. He observed appellant for a time and then pulled abreast of him in a car. Appellant looked in the direction of the car and then quickly withdrew behind a nearby tree. The officer got out of the car and approached appellant who reached behind his back and pulled a large butcher knife from his belt, in the area...

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