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UNITED STATES v. CHILDS

No. 11792.

379 A.2d 1188 (1977)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Melvin F. CHILDS, a/k/a Frederick Childs, and Charles R. Rivers, a/k/a Reginald L. Jones, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 29, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sallie H. Helm, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Edward C. McGuire, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Michael Alan Olshonsky, Bethesda, Md., appointed by this court, for appellee Rivers.

Michael Stuart Lieber, Washington, D. C. appointed by this court, for appellee Childs joins in co-appellee's brief.

Before KELLY, GALLAGHER and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The government appeals in a proper and timely manner pursuant to D.C. Code 1973, § 23-104(a)(1) the trial court's grant of appellees' motion to suppress statements and physical evidence which appellees contended were the fruit of an unlawful arrest.

On October 7, 1976, at approximately 9:40 p.m. officers Steven Beach and Bernardo Garcia drove their scout car into one end of an alley behind the 3800 block of Kansas Avenue, N. W., and there...

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