UNITED STATES v. BROWN

No. 71-1114.

451 F.2d 158 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

November 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford Rosenthal (Court Appointed), Detroit, Mich., for appellant.

John H. Hausner, Asst. U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., Ralph B. Guy, Jr., U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., on brief, for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and WEICK and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This could be called the case of the loyal mailman. On January 20, 1970, Charles Bartlett, a postal employee engaged in delivering parcel post packages, returned to his truck after delivering a package and saw two men approaching. One put one hand on Bartlett's shoulder and Bartlett testified that he saw a shiny object in this person's other hand. On cross-examination he said he thought it was a knife. Bartlett's reaction was to spray some dog repellant...

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