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KELLY v. U.S.

No. 89-707.

580 A.2d 1282 (1990)

James T. KELLY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 26, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia C. Lindsay, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellant.

Brenda J. Johnson, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee. Barry Coburn, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before FERREN, TERRY and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

In what promises to become a familiar scenario, appellant Kelly was approached by a member of the Metropolitan Police Department's Narcotic Interdiction Unit after getting off a train at Union Station. Following a brief conversation and a request to search the shopping bag that Kelly was carrying, the officer found cocaine in a smaller bag inside a shoe which was in the shopping bag. Kelly was charged with possession of cocaine with intent...

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