Clarence C. Johnson v. United States

BURGER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted of “forging and uttering” under 22 D.C.Code § 1401 (1951). At his own request he was tried without a jury. A motion to suppress the victim’s stolen credit card was denied and the appellant contends this was error because the search warrant which authorized search of his dwelling did not describe the credit card but only other stolen articles which were recovered in the search. 1

A police officer engaged in searching appellant’s bedroom under a warrant which described numerous articles of stolen personal property 2 opened a dresser drawer in the…