HARRIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 19256.

370 F.2d 477 (1966)

James H. HARRIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Paul H. Weinstein, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Allan M. Palmer, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Mr. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, Messrs. Frank Q. Nebeker, David Epstein, Asst. U. S. Attys., and Mr. John R. Kramer, Asst. U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief for appellee. Mr. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Mr. Dennis G. Lyons, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court as amicus curiæ on behalf of appellant.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, FAHY, Circuit Judge, WASHINGTON, Senior Circuit Judge, DANAHER, BURGER, WRIGHT, McGOWAN, TAMM and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal from a robbery conviction was ordered reheard by the court en banc, thereby vacating the earlier disposition by the panel, because it appeared to present broad issues with respect to the search of automobiles by the police under a departmental regulation addressed to the securing of the contents of impounded cars. We were variously urged by the Government to proclaim a general doctrine of the amenability of automobiles to warrantless...

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