Legal Opinion
James W. Robinson v. United States of America, Thomas F. Dawson v. United States of America, Howard H. Williams v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 30, 1960No. 15652, 15658,15722PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.
Defendants-appellants were convicted in the District Court of housebreaking and grand larceny. D.C.Code, §§ 22-1801 (1951), 22-2201 (1960), 22-403 (1951). On appeal, they challenge as illegal their arrest and the search and seizure which followed. The trial court erred, they say, in denying their motion to suppress the evidence so obtained. At the hearing on the motion, the following appeared. The defendants, speeding through the streets of Washington at more than 60 miles per hour, at about 4:30 on a Sunday morning, were stopped by police officers. When one of the…
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