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MATTER OF J. G. J.

No. 12248.

388 A.2d 472 (1978)

In the Matter of J. G. J. Appeal of DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 13, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis McDaniel, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom John R. Risher, Jr., Corp. Counsel, Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel and Louis P. Robbins, Principal Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Robert P. Mosteller, Public Defender Service, for appellee. Silas J. Wasserstrom, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, and Peter E. George, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., filed an amicus curiae brief for the United States.

Before NEBEKER, YEAGLEY, and FERREN, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is an interlocutory appeal from a decision by the trial court to suppress evidence it deemed the fruit of an illegal stop of appellee. We reverse, finding that the police officers had sufficient "specific and articulable facts" to warrant an investigative stop. Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 21, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968). We further find that the officers, after appellee's response to the stop, had probable...

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