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DICKERSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 6212.

296 A.2d 708 (1972)

Archie P. DICKERSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 10, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Couvillon, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, William M. Brodsky, E. Lawrence Barcella, Jr., and James F. McMullin, Asst. U. S. Attys., for appellee.

Before GALLAGHER and NEBEKER, Associate Judges, and HOOD, Chief Judge, Retired.

HOOD, Chief Judge, Retired:

This appeal is from a conviction of carrying a pistol without a license.1 Finding the pistol to have been the product of an unlawful search, we reverse.

Appellant, operating an automobile bearing temporary Virginia tags, was stopped by the arresting officers because the tags appeared old and faded and also gave the appearance of having been altered. Appellant's driver's permit was in order but the car...

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