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TURNER v. U.S.

No. 88-1349.

588 A.2d 280 (1991)

Clarence J. TURNER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 29, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hiram Puig-Lugo, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, was on the brief, for appellant.

James F. Rutherford, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher and Elizabeth Trosman, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

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

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

Appellant was charged and convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1988), and possession of marijuana, id. § 33-541(d). On appeal, his sole challenge is to the denial of his suppression motion based upon an alleged unlawful arrest following information from an informant. We affirm.

The government's evidence showed that on August 12, 1987, Officer Paul Swope received a call...

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