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JEFFERSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 80-1181.

476 A.2d 685 (1984)

Elaine A. JEFFERSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 24, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan F. Montgomery, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, was on the brief, for appellant.

Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, Michael W. Farrell, John R. Fisher, Katherine Winfree and Patricia A. Broderick, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KERN, NEBEKER and FERREN, Associate Judges.

KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of possession of a dangerous drug in violation of D.C.Code § 33-702(a)(4) (1973), in a stipulated trial after the trial court denied her pretrial motion to suppress evidence. Appellant argues that the trial court erred in denying her suppression motion because she maintains the police lacked probable cause to search her after they arrested her upon an informant's tip.

The informant called a police detective...

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