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RUTLEDGE v. UNITED STATES

No. 12284.

392 A.2d 1062 (1978)

Isaac E. RUTLEDGE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Stanton, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Charles L. Hall, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbort, U.S. Atty., and John A. Terry and Peter E. George, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GALLAGHER, HARRIS and FERREN, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

Police officers arrested appellant on the basis of an informant's tip that he was selling narcotics. Appellant contends that the motions judge erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence of a Preludin tablet seized incident to the arrest. We conclude that the arresting officers did not have a sufficient basis supporting their informant's credibility to satisfy the "veracity" prong of the Aguilar-Spinelli test for informant-based...

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