UNITED STATES v. WATSON

Crim. No. 1162-53.

146 F.Supp. 258 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Clarence E. WATSON, Jr., Defendant.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

December 3, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert J. Ahern, Jr., Washington, D. C., for the motion.

Oliver Casch, U. S. Atty., and Frederick G. Smithson, Asst. U. S. Atty., District of Columbia, opposed.


HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

On the eve of the third trial of this case in which the defendant is charged with murder in the first degree, the defendant has made a motion to suppress certain evidence, consisting of a pair of trousers and a shirt belonging to the defendant and obtained by the police from him.

The first trial concluded with a disagreement of the jury. The second trial resulted in a conviction of murder in the first degree. The conviction was reversed...

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