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CURTIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 9237.

349 A.2d 469 (1975)

Arthur Eugene CURTIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 18, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward R. Shannon, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Stuart M. Gerson, Daniel A. DeRose and Richard W. Tynes, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys. were on the brief for appellee.

Before FICKLING and KERN, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.

FICKLING, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from appellant's conviction after a jury trial for possession of marijuana in violation of D.C. Code 1973, § 33-402. The sole issue is whether the lower court erred in denying appellant's pretrial motion to suppress the quantity of marijuana, which was discovered as a result of a police stop and frisk. We reverse.

The issue raised by appellant at the suppression hearing was the lawfulness of the police intrusion...

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