Nueslein v. District of Columbia

VINSON, Associate Justice.

Appellant was convicted in the Police Court of driving while under the influence of liquor. We allowed an appeal.

At about 1:15 in the morning, two officers in a Scout car received a call to investigate an accident. A taxicab had struck a parked car. In the cab, parked about a block and a half from the scene of the accident, the officers saw the registration card and the character license of the taxi owner. Following this lead, they went to the owner’s home, knocked at the door and received no reply. Then without a search or an arrest warrant, they either opened the…