FORD v. UNITED STATES

No. 10822.

376 A.2d 439 (1977)

Harold L. FORD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 15, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Gary Kohlman, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for appellant. Frederick H. Weisberg, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., appointed by the court, also entered an appearance.

Sallie R. Helm, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, William D. Pease, and Mary Ellen Abrecht, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY and HARRIS, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.


PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired:

Appellant Ford was convicted in a nonjury trial of possession of narcotics paraphernalia in violation of D.C. Code 1973, § 22-3601. The sole issue before this court on appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying appellant's motion to suppress the narcotics paraphernalia seized following a traffic stop and his admission that he possessed such contraband. We affirm.

On May 30, 1975, Officer Gates of the Metropolitan...

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