UNITED STATES v. LIMA

No. 79-502.

424 A.2d 113 (1980)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Adelaide R. LIMA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Fisher, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Mozart G. Ratner and Peter J. Messitte, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KELLY, KERN, GALLAGHER, NEBEKER, HARRIS, MACK, FERREN and PRYOR, Associate Judges.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Upon the granting of appellee's petition for a rehearing en banc, the panel decision reversing the trial court order in this case was vacated. The en banc court now reaches the same result as did the division, and reverses.

The government appeals a Superior Court ruling which granted appellee's motion for suppression of evidence (a blouse) seized by an employee of a store. It argues that...

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