Kenneth I. Lee v. United States

DANAHER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted of grand larceny, D.C.Code § 22-2201 (1951), and appeals assigning as error the District Court's denial of his motion to suppress certain evidence said to have been illegally seized. The facts may be stated thus:

On March 22, 1954, District of Columbia police were investigating a murder. Jewelry had been stolen from the premises where the murder occurred. About 8 P.M. on that day, police at No. 13 Precinct received a telephone call that a man was attempting to sell jewelry on U Street. To probe the possibility that the jewelry being offered for…