CAUTHEN v. U.S.

No. 89-1216.

592 A.2d 1021 (1991)

Leroy CAUTHEN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 7, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia Leighton, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, was on the brief, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Karen L. Melnik, student counsel, with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, Asst. U.S. Atty., were on the brief, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before STEADMAN and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and KERN, Senior Judge.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

On March 15, 1989, at approximately 2:00 a.m., the police received a call from an unknown citizen stating that three or four individuals were selling drugs at the corner of Fourteenth and Buchanan Streets, N.W. No additional description of the individuals was given. Within a period of time unclear in the record but which the government concedes to be fifteen to twenty minutes, police officers arrived...

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