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UNITED STATES v. HAMILTON

No. 13131.

390 A.2d 449 (1978)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Judy E. HAMILTON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 2, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Hetzel, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and E. Anne McKinsey, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellant.

Silas J. Wasserstrom, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for appellee. Leslie J. Harris, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., was on brief for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KERN and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.

YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:

The government appeals1 a trial court order granting appellee's motion to suppress currency seized from her at the time of her arrest. For the reasons which follow, we reverse.

On October 5, 1977, appellee and a companion encountered undercover Metropolitan Police Detective Ross Swope in the vicinity of 11th and P Streets, Northwest, and asked him if he wanted to buy dilaudid, a narcotic. The detective...

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