Wright v. United States

FICKLING, Associate Judge.

Appellant was charged by information with larceny from interstate shipment in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 659. After a trial before a judge sitting without a jury, appellant was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for 360 days. This appeal is from that conviction. Appellant’s sole contention is that his motion to suppress should have been granted because of lack of probable cause at the time of the arrest.

On September 21, 1967, the arresting officers were proceeding in their patrol car west on L Street, Northwest, and observed appellant, dressed in soiled khaki…