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AUSTIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 80-438.

433 A.2d 1081 (1981)

John A. AUSTIN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 20, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Greenlee, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., with whom Silas J. Wasserstrom, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

J. Alvin Stout, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, NEBEKER and FERREN, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

This case presents one principal question: whether the trial court erred in denying appellant's motion to suppress evidence seized at the time of his arrest from an automobile and from a briefcase found there. We conclude that appellant neither had "automatic standing" to challenge the search and seizure nor showed any legitimate expectation of privacy in the area searched or the property seized...

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