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LUCAS v. UNITED STATES

No. 10863.

411 A.2d 360 (1980)

Deborah A. LUCAS, a/k/a Deborah Lewis, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 24, 1980.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 16, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart H. Gitlitz, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant. William J. Genego and Jerry Kristal, Georgetown Univ. Law Center, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance.

Mary Ellen Abrecht, 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 and Charles H. Anderson, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GALLAGHER and MACK, Associate Judges, and YEAGLEY, Associate Judge, Retired.

YEAGLEY, Associate Judge, Retired:

Appellant was arrested for, and convicted of, attempted petit larceny. D.C.Code 1973, §§ 22-103 and -2202. On appeal, she contends that the search that resulted in her arrest violated the Fourth Amendment. After careful consideration, we conclude that the search was constitutional. We find appellant's other contentions of error also to be without merit, and accordingly affirm the conviction.

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