SPENCER v. UNITED STATES

No. 6798.

316 A.2d 331 (1974)

Carl H. SPENCER, a/k/a Spencer Carl Hamlett, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 11, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan M. McIntyre, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

N. Richard Janis, Asst. U. S., Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and KERN and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant was driving an auto through northeast Washington at a high rate of speed in the early morning hours. Upon seeing two police officers parked in their cruiser he hastily applied his brakes causing his car to skid. As the officers came up behind they observed appellant switch places with the passenger in the front seat and then lean forward as if to place something under his seat. One officer approached the passenger side of the vehicle where...

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