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ALLEYNE v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 80-625, 80-692.

455 A.2d 887 (1983)

Steve ALLEYNE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Lancelot JAMES, a/k/a Anthony James Lancelot, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 17, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin A. Marshall, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellants.

Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., John A. Terry, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, John R. Fisher, and Jerry S. Goren, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, MACK, Associate Judge, and YEAGLEY, Associate Judge, Retired.

NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

This appeal followed the arraignment judge's denial of appellants' motion for return of property after the government "no papered" appellants' cases.

This appeal arose from the following factual setting. On April 10, 1980, appellants were arrested and charged with violating the Uniform Narcotics Act, D.C.Code 1973, § 33-402, a misdemeanor. At the time of arrest the police took $997 from appellants. Exercising its prosecutorial discretion...

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