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U.S. v. RODNEY

No. 90-3189.

956 F.2d 295 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Dylan Y. RODNEY, a/k/a Dylan Y. Jackson, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 19, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Elizabeth Kent, Washington, D.C. (appointed by the Court), for appellant.

Linda Otani McKinney, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John R. Fisher, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr. and William M. Blier, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WALD, RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judges, and THOMAS, Circuit Justice.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Justice THOMAS.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge WALD.

THOMAS, Circuit Justice:

The principal question presented is whether a consent to a body search for drugs, without more, authorizes the sort of careful frisk described in Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968). We hold that it does.

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