Wilkerson v. United States

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 sought to avoid the officer, kept walking and even ran a short distance. When he did eventually stop and talk with the officer, he…