District of Columbia Court of Appeals November 7, 1969, 4915 (Frager v. United States)

HOOD, Chief Judge.

Appellant was charged with and convicted by a jury of petit larceny, assault and carrying a deadly weapon. The sole issue on appeal is whether appellant’s arrest without a warrant and the subsequent seizure of appellant’s knife were illegal.

On September 30, 1968, one Floyd Fox was robbed at knifepoint by two youths in broad daylight.