Bynum v. United States

KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of receiving stolen property. D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2205. He contends in this appeal that the stolen item, a tape recorder, was seized impermis-sibly because it was taken during the execution of a search warrant which facially was invalid for lack of probable cause. He claims, alternatively, that if the search warrant was valid, the seizure of the tape recorder exceeded the scope of the warrant. We reverse.

I

On April 24, 1975, a police officer prepared an affidavit in support of an application for a search warrant which read:

At approximately 1500…