UNITED STATES v. WRIGHT

Nos. 77-1990, 77-1991.

610 F.2d 930 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America v. Patricia Ann WRIGHT, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Shirley Ann BOYD, a/k/a Kim, a/k/a Lisa, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1979.

As Amended September 28, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Gallagher, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court), for appellants.

John H. Sturc, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Peter E. George and James F. Rutherford, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MacKINNON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges, and RICHEY, United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MacKINNON.

MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:

Acting on a search warrant issued in the name of the "United States District Court for the District of Columbia" by a United States Magistrate, Metropolitan Police officers seized $2,100 and some narcotics and narcotic paraphernalia from appellants during a drug raid. Thereafter appellants were indicted by the United States grand jury for one United States and one District of...

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