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U.S. v. HARRIS

No. 93-CO-102.

629 A.2d 481 (1993)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Mark B. HARRIS, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 29, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth H. Danello, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., and Oscar S. Mayers, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellant.

Frederick J. Sullivan, appointed by this court, for appellee.

Before FERREN, STEADMAN and FARRELL, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

In this expedited interlocutory government appeal, we review a trial court order suppressing evidence that police discovered on the defendant's person and in his bedroom after they had entered his home, without a warrant, to arrest him for murder.1 Because we believe that the police were acting under exigent circumstances, including a serious danger that the defendant would attack again if not apprehended as quickly...

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