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JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 9330.

350 A.2d 738 (1976)

Wilbur T. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 22, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Drew, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, James F. McMullin, Robert M. McNamara, Jr., Richard H. Saltsman, Jonathan B. Marks and Bernard J. Panetta, II, Asst. U.S. Attys., for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and KELLY and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

This appeal presents the question whether there is record support for a holding that a police officer's protective reaction and search were lawful. The trial court held that for his own safety the arresting officer was warranted in examining the contents of a grocery bag accessible to the driver of a car stopped for a traffic violation. We find testimonial and legal support for the ruling denying suppression of the recovered contraband (marijuana...

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