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SIMPSON v. U.S.

No. 88-1423.

576 A.2d 1336 (1990)

Lorenzo T. SIMPSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 22, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Herbie DiFonzo, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Eric M. Acker, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher and Thomas J. Gruscinski, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BELSON, STEADMAN, and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

Simpson was convicted by a jury of unlawful possession of cocaine with intent to distribute it, in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1988). He contends for the first time on appeal that the drugs in question were seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment and should have been suppressed. We find no error.

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