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LEWIS v. U.S.

No. 90-CF-304.

632 A.2d 383 (1993)

Troy R. LEWIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 7, 1993.

As Amended December 9, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter S. Booth, Bethesda, MD, appointed by this court, for appellant.

Jolie F. Zimmerman, Law Student, argued for appellee. Jay B. Stephens, U.S.Atty., at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher and Elizabeth Trosman, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

James Klein and Eli Gottesdiener, Washington, DC, filed a brief, for amicus curiae, Public Defender Service.1

Before TERRY, SCHWELB, and SULLIVAN, Associate Judges.

SULLIVAN, Associate Judge:

This case raises an issue of first impression for this court. Specifically, we are asked to decide whether a warrantless search of the locked glove compartment in an automobile, which appellant had parked, exited, locked, and walked away from before a police officer initiated contact with him fifteen to twenty feet away, was a constitutionally valid search incident to his arrest for the misdemeanor offense of driving without a license...

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