Case Name: Dan PERKINS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America,, Appellee
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1970-05-27
Citations: 432 F.2d 612
Docket Number: No. 22135
Parties: Dan PERKINS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America,, Appellee.
Judges: Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, WILBUR K. MILLER, Senior Circuit Judge, and ROBB, Circuit Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 432
Pages: 612–617

Head Matter:
Dan PERKINS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America,, Appellee.
No. 22135.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Argued April 13, 1970.
Decided May 27, 1970.
Mr. Stanley J. Krieger, Washington, D. C., (appointed by the court) for appellant.
Mr. Edwin K. Hall, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee. Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., at the time the record was filed, and Roger E. Zuckerman, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered appearances for appellee.
Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, WILBUR K. MILLER, Senior Circuit Judge, and ROBB, Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The search and seizure challenged by the appellant were sustained by District Judge Youngdahl in a careful opinion, United States v. Perkins, 286 F. Supp. 259 (D.D.C. 1968). We agree with Judge Youngdahl, for the reasons stated in his opinion.
The appellant argues that his sentence was invalid because he was a narcotics addict. This claim is made for the first time on appeal and in any event there was no showing in the District Court that the appellant was an addict. In these circumstances we agree with the views expressed by Chief Judge Bazelon, concurring in part, in Hutcherson v. United States, 120 U.S.App.D.C. 274, 288, 345 F.2d 964, 978 (1965) that "we cannot consider these claims now since they were not advanced below and no evidence was offered to show that here possession was compelled by addiction."
Affirmed.