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WILKERSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 79-809.

432 A.2d 730 (1981)

Leon D. WILKERSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 10, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mady Gilson, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., with whom Silas J. Wasserstrom, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., was on briefs, for appellant. Michael B. Waitzkin, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Anthony C. Digioia, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Michael W. Farrell and Reggie B. Walton, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KELLY and KERN, Associate Judges.

KERN, Associate Judge:

At approximately 2 a. m. on September 18, 1979, Officer Edward Meadows of the Metropolitan Police Department observed appellant walking along the edge of a street in an industrial area of the city pushing a wire mesh shopping cart. The officer, dressed in plain clothes and patrolling in an unmarked police cruiser, pulled up to appellant, identified himself as a police officer and asked appellant to stop so they could talk. Appellant initially...

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