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UNITED STATES v. LEWIS

No. 84-101.

486 A.2d 729 (1985)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Gerald A. LEWIS, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 16, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Klonoff, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Joseph diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellant.

Frederick Sullivan, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and NEBEKER and ROGERS, Associate Judges.

ROGERS, Associate Judge:

The government appeals the motions court's order suppressing a yellow knapsack seized without a warrant from appellee's blue knapsack. In seeking reversal, the government contends the court erred in finding that (1) the yellow knapsack was not in plain view, (2) Officer Green did not have probable cause to arrest appellee at the time he discovered the yellow knapsack, and (3) the yellow knapsack would not have been inevitably discovered. Upon...

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