Wise v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Chief Judge:
This appeal is from a conviction for possession of narcotics in violation of D.C. Code 1967, § 33-402. Appellant contends that his motion to suppress the narcotics should have been granted. We disagree and affirm. The facts, as found by the trial judge and supported by the record, are as follows.
On a summer afternoon two police officers received a radio call informing them of a Pepsi truck robbery at 58th and Dix Streets, N.E. Arriving on the scene they obtained from the complainant a description of the robber as a Negro male with a bush haircut wearing green trousers and a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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- Green v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
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