UNITED STATES v. ROBINSON

No. 74-1778.

533 F.2d 578 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Vance E. ROBINSON.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Judgment filed October 16, 1975.

Opinion filed February 24, 1976.

Certiorari Denied March 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl S. Rauh, Principal Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., for appellant. Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, James F. Rutherford, James F. McMullin and Jeffrey T. Demerath, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellant. Henry F. Greene, Executive Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Theodore J. Christensen, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court), for appellee Robinson.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and WRIGHT, McGOWAN, TAMM, LEVENTHAL, ROBINSON, MacKINNON, ROBB and WILKEY, Circuit Judges, sitting en banc.


LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by the Government from a District Court order suppressing certain evidence—guns, money, clothing and other relevant items—seized by the police during a warrantless search of a parked and unoccupied car, allegedly used by appellee Robinson as the getaway car following an armed bank robbery. On June 30, 1975, a division of this court affirmed the District Court's order...

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