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UNITED STATES v. BOOTH

Nos. 81-771, 81-772.

455 A.2d 1351 (1983)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Roger W. BOOTH, Appellee. UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Bertha Lee WHITE, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 24, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine Winfree, 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 Natalia M. Combs, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on the briefs, for appellant.

Gerson Simon, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellee Booth.

J. Philip Kessel, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellee White.

Before KELLY, KERN and FERREN, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

The government appeals from a trial court ruling suppressing evidentiary use of statements by appellee White, as well as a broom handle that appellees allegedly used to assault the complaining witness. The court concluded that the statements and the broom handle were fruits of an unlawful police entry into the front hall of a rooming house where appellees resided. We reject the government's contention that appellees had no legitimate expectation...

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