JONES v. UNITED STATES

No. 5762.

282 A.2d 561 (1971)

Charles JONES, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 20, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee M. Modjeska, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Robert S. Tignor, Asst. U. S. Attys., for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and KELLY and FICKLING, Associate Judges.


KELLY, Associate Judge:

Acting on a report from the owner of premises 1301 Rhode Island Avenue, N. W. that people were breaking into vacant apartments there and destroying property, police officers, accompanied by the apartment manager, made a routine check of the building on the evening of February 6, 1971, at about 9:30 p. m. They found the door of apartment 3-C open, with the latch and one of the door panels torn off. Inside, through the doorway, the officers saw...

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