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THOMPSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 6189.

293 A.2d 275 (1972)

Millicint THOMPSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 17, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George L. Richardson, Syracuse, N. Y., appointed by this court, for appellant.

James B. McMahon, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and GALLAGHER and REILLY, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This appeal contends that appellant's conviction of possession of marihuana was not supported by the evidence. We agree and reverse.

The Government's evidence was that upon execution of a search warrant for a one bedroom apartment a quantity of marihuana was found in an envelope in plain view on a table in the living room. In the bedroom under a dresser was found a shoe box containing narcotic paraphernalia, including a syringe with traces of heroin...

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