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U.S. v. ADELL

No. 95-CO-388.

676 A.2d 446 (1996)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. James E. ADELL, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 15, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Fisher, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, DC, with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, and Mary B. McCord and Gregory A. Gruber, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellant.

Barney T. Hamlin, Washington, DC, for appellee.

Before TERRY, SCHWELB, and RUIZ, Associate Judges.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

After appellee Adell was stopped by the police for a traffic violation, a police officer recovered a quantity of cocaine inside a plastic bag which the officer removed from Adell's pocket. The trial court ruled that the officer had violated Adell's Fourth Amendment rights when he reached into the pocket and granted a motion to suppress the cocaine. We affirm, but on a ground different from that relied upon by the trial court.

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