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SPADE v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 5349, 5352, 5364 and 5398.

277 A.2d 654 (1971)

Bernice SPADE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Robert COOPER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. James TAYLOR, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Burnetta Arlene COLES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 28, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan C. Campbell, appointed by this court, Washington, D. C., for appellant Bernice Spade.

O. B. Parker, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant Robert Cooper.

Joseph Paull, Washington D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant James Taylor.

George A. Harvey, appointed by this court, for appellant Burnetta Arlene Coles.

Barry W. Levine, Asst. U. S. Atty. with whom Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Robert C. Crimmins, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Michael J. Madigan, Asst. U. S. Atty., entered an appearance for appellee in No. 5398.

Before KELLY, KERN and PAIR, Associate Judges.

KELLY, Associate Judge:

On the evening of March 31, 1970, at about 6:30 p. m., a police raiding party executed a search warrant for the entire premises at 739 Fairmont Street, N. W. in the District of Columbia; seized certain articles, and arrested the four appellants who were later tried jointly before a judge and jury. Bernice Spade was charged with and convicted of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug (heroin).1 Robert Cooper, James...

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