U.S. v. CLARK

No. 92-3191.

24 F.3d 299 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America v. Edward CLARK Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard B. Katzoff, Washington, DC, (appointed by this court), argued the cause, and filed the brief, for appellant.

Thomas G. Hungar, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, argued the cause, for appellee. Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Brett M. Kavanaugh, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for appellee. John R. Fisher, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, DC, entered an appearance, for appellee.

Before WALD, BUCKLEY and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge.

Edward Clark Jr. appeals his conviction for drug possession on the ground that the district court improperly denied his motion to suppress cocaine base discovered in his car. He argues that this evidence should have been excluded because the police did not have reasonable suspicion to stop him and because their use of force converted the stop into an arrest unsupported by probable...

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