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UNITED STATES v. THORNTON

No. 23017.

454 F.2d 957 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America v. Charles J. THORNTON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 21, 1971.

As Amended October 26, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John A. Shorter, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. James L. Lyons, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TAMM and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges, and MATTHEWS, Senior District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was convicted on a federal narcotic charge stemming from his possession of 20 capsules containing heroin.1 The capsules were found in an envelope removed from his shirt pocket during a search incidental to his arrest2 on a warrant charging another violation of the federal narcotic laws.3 The arrest warrant had been issued by...

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