Legal Opinion
Dickerson v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 17, 1956No. 1734PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
■ CAYTON, Chief Judge.
Dickerson was convicted of carrying a dangerous weapon. Code, § 22-3204. On this appeal he contends that there was no probable cause for arresting or searching him and that his motion to suppress the use of the pistol as evidence should have been granted.
The factual situation can best be stated by quoting from’ the agreed statement of evidence. “Officer John Driscoll testified that at 5:19 a. m. on September 25, 1955, he observed the defendant in front of the Sage School. * *' * He testified that when he asked the defendant what he was doing on the street at that hoür of…
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