ARRINGTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 6521, 6746.

311 A.2d 838 (1973)

Willie ARRINGTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 21, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Weinberg, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant. Robert J. Golten, Washington, D. C., was also appointed by this court for appellant.

N. Richard Janis, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and William J. Hardy, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

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


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Appellant seeks suppression of the fruits of two larcenies seized from his person incident to his arrest by a U.S. Capitol Police officer. He argues a lack of probable cause for the arrest. We affirm.

Because of a rash of thefts from a part of the Old Senate Office Building, a special building patrol was undertaken by the Capitol Police. The arresting officer, a part of that patrol, was ...

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