RUCKER v. UNITED STATES

No. 81-1435.

455 A.2d 889 (1983)

Alfred RUCKER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenda Grantland, with whom Gerald I. Fisher, Washington, D.C., Supervising Atty., D.C. Law Students in Court, was on the brief, for appellant.

Donald J. Allison, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., John A. Terry, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher and Anita J. Stephens, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MACK, PRYOR, and BELSON, Associate Judges.


BELSON, Associate Judge:

Appellant seeks review of his conviction of one count of possession of implements of a crime in violation of D.C.Code 1981, § 22-3601, which followed the denial of his motion to suppress physical evidence, including two needles and syringes and one bottle cap, seized by the police in a search of his person following his arrest on March 14, 1981. Appellant contends that the arresting officer lacked probable cause to arrest him and subsequently...

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