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UNITED STATES v. DAVIS

Nos. 78-2246, 78-2247.

617 F.2d 677 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America v. Robert H. DAVIS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. George D. GELESTINO, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 26, 1979.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Rosen, Washington, D.C., with whom Silas J. Wasserstrom, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellant in No. 78-2247.

Stuart Stiller, Washington, D.C., with whom Barbara Kammerman, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellant in No. 78-2246.

H. Lowell Brown, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, John A. Terry, Peter E. George, and Joseph F. McSorley, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Margaret Ellen, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before TAMM and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges, and AUBREY E. ROBINSON, Jr., United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge TAMM.

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

In these related cases, consolidated for appeal, the appellants challenge their separate convictions of various charges related to illicit traffic in cocaine. Each maintains that police misconduct induced him to make self-incriminating statements that later were used against him at trial. Appellant Davis also asserts that admission of tangible evidence obtained in a search of his house...

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