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UNITED STATES v. DAVIS

No. 12070.

387 A.2d 1091 (1978)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Betty J. DAVIS, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 2, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Hibey, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Anthony T. Podesta, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

James L. O'Dea III, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellee.

Before KERN, NEBEKER and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.

KERN, Associate Judge:

The government appeals from the court's pretrial order suppressing four Preludin tablets the police had seized from a small change purse carried by appellee.1 The seizure rested entirely upon a tip to police by an anonymous informant—an addict who had both a criminal record and a criminal charge pending against him. The trial court heard testimony on appellee's motion to suppress from (1) the officer...

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