Polania v. State

The appellant was found guilty upon seven informations charging breaking and entering. He was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment. The controlling point presented upon this appeal urges that the trial court committed reversible error by admitting into evidence fingerprints which were the fruit of an arrest, which it is claimed was illegal. See Bynum v. United States, 1958, 104 U.S.App.D.C. 368, 262 F.2d 465; but see Bynum v. United States, 1960, 107 U.S.App.D.C. 109, 274 F.2d 767.

The record establishes that the fingerprint evidence was the product of a prior arrest which occurred before…