Washington v. United States

BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

All five appellants were convicted of managing, carrying on and promoting a numbers game in violation of 22 D.C.Code § 1501 (1951). One of the appellants, Othello Washington, was convicted on an additional charge of possessing numbers slips in violation of 22 D.C.Code § 1502 (1951). Evidence seized under a search warrant was admitted at the trial following denial of ap*215pellants’ timely motions under Rule 41(e)1 to suppress this evidence for lack of probable cause to issue a warrant.

Except for Washington, appellants have no standing to challenge the validity of the search…