SPRIGGS v. U.S.

No. 90-CF-1486.

618 A.2d 701 (1992)

Denise V. SPRIGGS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane Kiester Dildine, Washington, DC, appointed by this court, for appellant.

Stephen N. Berk, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher and Leslie A. Blackmon, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, DC, were on the brief for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and SCHWELB and SULLIVAN, Associate Judges.


SULLIVAN, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of possession with intent to distribute two controlled substances, cocaine and heroin, in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1988). She appeals her conviction on three grounds. First, appellant argues that the trial court erred when it denied her motion to suppress evidence, and thereby violated her Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights, by ruling that she had "abandoned" a brown metallic key case when...

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