Townsley v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Associate Judge-:
Appellant was charged with narcotic vagrancy in violation of Code 1961, § 33-416 (a) (h) (1) (B) and was convicted by the court sitting without a jury. This appeal followed.
The record before us reveals a question which merits consideration despite the fact that appellant’s counsel failed to raise it either at trial or on appeal. Pursuant to our power to notice “[pjlain errors or defects affecting substantial rights * * * although they were not brought to the attention of the court,” 1 we find that appellant was convicted on the basis of illegally obtained evidence…
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