United States v. Brown

REILLY, Chief Judge:

In this case, the Government appeals from an order granting a motion to suppress the contents of a handbag taken from a young woman — appellee here — and examined by a police officer at a precinct station where she was being held on a charge of failing or refusing to pay a taxicab fare. 1 The officer found certain narcotic instruments in the bag. This discovery was the basis of an information subsequently drawn, charging appellee with possession of the implements of a crime. 2 In granting the pretrial motion, the court below found that although there was probable cause for…