UNITED STATES v. COUSAR

No. 9305.

349 A.2d 454 (1975)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Frederick R. COUSAR and Will Miller, Jr., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Panetta, II, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U.S. Atty., John A. Terry, James F. McMullin and David R. Addis, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellant.

Richard Whittington Whitlock, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellee Cousar. Bernard W. Kemp, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court for appellee Miller, adopted the brief and argument of Mr. Whitlock.

Before KERN, NEBEKER and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

This prosecution appeal1 arises from an order of suppression of evidence in favor of defendant-appellees Frederick R. Cousar and Will Miller, Jr. The case presents the question whether the stopping of the accused and the continuing inquiry were justified such that the discovery of the weapon in plain view on the floor of Cousar's car was not tainted by unreasonable and thus unconstitutional action by the state...

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