TURNER v. U.S.

No. 91-CM-1509.

623 A.2d 1170 (1993)

Chauncy TURNER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay D. Schiffres, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Renate D. Staley, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, Thomas C. Black, and Michael L. Volkov, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN, SCHWELB and FARRELL, Associate Judges.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

In Michigan v. Long, 463 U.S. 1032, 103 S.Ct. 3469, 77 L.Ed.2d 1201 (1983), the Supreme Court held that, once the driver of a car has been validly detained as a criminal suspect under Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968),

the search of the passenger compartment of [the] automobile, limited to those areas in which a weapon may...

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