LEWIS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 11045 and 11255.

379 A.2d 1168 (1977)

James R. LEWIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Gary A. MOSLEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Stow, III, was on the brief for appellant Lewis.

E. Williiam Tupling, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, was on the brief for appellant Mosley.

Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, William D. Pease, Hamilton P. Fox, III, and Robert I. Richter, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before KELLY, YEAGLEY and HARRIS, Associate Judges.


YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:

On November 4, 1975, at approximately 1:30 a. m., Metropolitan Police Officer Thomas Burnett observed a pickup truck speed away from the 300 block of New York Avenue, N.W., in the District of Columbia. At the same time, two persons standing nearby shouted that they had just been robbed by the men in the truck.

Officer Burnett gave chase in his scout car and stopped the truck and its three occupants within approximately five blocks...

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