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PEAY v. U.S.

No. 88-678.

597 A.2d 1318 (1991)

John Thomas PEAY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 10, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Copacino, Washington, D.C., with whom Shailly P. Agnihotri, New York City, Georgetown Crim. Justice Clinic, was on the brief, for appellant.

John R. Fisher, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and Thomas J. Hibarger and Robert C. Little, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, FERREN, TERRY, STEADMAN, SCHWELB and WAGNER, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.

On Rehearing En Banc.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

This case involves an encounter between a lone police officer and the appellant, clutching in his hand something that "could possibly have been a weapon, a small knife, possibly a gun," on the third floor of an apartment building known for narcotics trafficking. We affirm the trial court's ruling that the officer's stop of the appellant for further investigation was reasonable within the meaning of the Fourth...

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