PARKER v. U.S.

No. 96-CO-778.

704 A.2d 299 (1997)

Wilbert PARKER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Dansie, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Barbara E. Kittay, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher and Thomas C. Black, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and KING, Associate Judge, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


WAGNER, Chief Judge:

Appellant, Wilbert Parker, entered a conditional plea of guilty to possession of a controlled substance (cocaine) (D.C.Code § 33-541(d) (1981)), after the trial court denied his motion to suppress evidence.1 He argues on appeal that the motion to suppress should have been granted because the police recovered the drugs as a result of his unlawful arrest.2 We conclude that the trial...

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