Coleman v. United States.witherspoon v. United States, 215 F.2d 681 (D.C. Cir. 1954)
Annotate this CaseDecided July 15, 1954
Miss Hazel P. Tucker, Washington, D. C., for appellants.
Mr. Harold H. Greene, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and Lewis A. Carroll and Paul F. Leonard, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.
Before FAHY, WASHINGTON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
Appellants were jointly indicted under § 22-1506, D.C.Code (1951), for unlawfully dealing, playing and practicing upon one Raymond Smith the confidence game and swindle known as three-card monte. They appeal from their conviction contending, inter alia, that the court erroneously admitted in evidence certain articles seized by the arresting officers at the time of arrest. A motion to suppress this evidence, filed pursuant to Rule 41 (e), Fed.R.Crim.Proc., 18 U.S.C., was denied.
Whether the crime charged is a misdemeanor because so designated by § 22-1506, supra, or is a felony because punishable by imprisonment for more than one year, see 18 U.S.C. § 1 (1952), we think the evidence as to what the officers saw transpiring justified them in making the arrest without a warrant. The articles seized as an incident to the valid arrest were accordingly not inadmissible in evidence.
In other respects as well the appellants were fairly tried and convicted.
Affirmed.
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