Legal Opinion
Childress v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 15, 1977No. 10704, 10757 and 11157PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:
At 11:15 on the morning of November 18, 1975, plainclothes officers Herman J. Keels and T. J. Jones of the Metropolitan Police observed appellants Michael Childress and Alvin Martin acting in what they con sidered a suspicious manner, looking into automobiles and apparently casing a bank in the vicinity of the 4500 block of Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. The officers had been assigned to that area because of a high rate of reported burglaries and larcenies from automobiles parked there.
The officers watched as appellants Chil-dress and Martin met appellant Ezekiel Peebles and…
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- Curley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
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3Cited by45 opinions
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