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PURVIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 5301.

270 A.2d 501 (1970)

Frederick PURVIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 6, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew W. Black, Jr., Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Brian W. Shaughnessy, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Percy H. Russell, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FICKLING, GALLAGHER and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.

GALLAGHER, Associate Judge.

Appellant was convicted of unlawful possession of heroin1 by the trial court sitting without a jury. He was sentenced to 270 days imprisonment. This appeal followed.

For reasons which will appear, the only witness at the trial was on e of the arresting officers. He testified that in the early afternoon of January 7, 1970, he and another officer, both dressed in plain clothes, were patrolling in an unmarked...

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