ARRINGTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 10683.

382 A.2d 14 (1978)

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

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren E. Gorman, Chevy Chase, Md., appointed by the court, for appellant.

Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, William D. Pease, Neil A. Kaplan, John C. Martin, Gerard F. Treanor, Jr., and Thomas G. Corcoran, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and GALLAGHER and MACK, Associate Judges.


NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

After a bench trial, appellant was convicted of multiple counts of burglary and larceny. On appeal he contends the motions judge committed reversible error in denying his motion to suppress certain tangible evidence. We agree and reverse.

Insofar as relevant to the suppression issue, the evidence was as follows. On the afternoon of February 12, 1976, in the 1200 block of Q Street, N.W., Officer Jones of the Metropolitan Police Department...

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