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NIXON v. UNITED STATES

No. 13446.

402 A.2d 816 (1979)

Luther Lee NIXON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constance T. O'Bryant, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Norman M. Monhait, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Peter E. George, and Cheryl M. Long, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, GALLAGHER, and HARRIS, Associate Judges.

HARRIS, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted after a jury trial of petit larceny. D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2202. He argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress a small box and its contents, which he was charged with stealing, on three grounds: (1) there was an inadequate basis for his original detention by police officers; (2) there was an inadequate basis for his arrest; and (3) the officers' opening of the box incident to the arrest was...

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