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U.S. v. JOHNSON

No. 86-1424.

540 A.2d 1090 (1988)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Morris JOHNSON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 15, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Steele, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Howard F. Bramson, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before MACK, ROGERS and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

ROGERS, Associate Judge:

Pursuant to D.C. Code § 23-104(a)(1) (1981) the United States appeals from the grant of a motion to suppress physical evidence and statements. It contends that since an anonymous tip justified an investigative stop under Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968), the police had a right to search containers which might hold weapons, and that the statements were not obtained during...

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