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U.S. v. WHITE

No. 96-CO-867.

689 A.2d 535 (1997)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Terry WHITE, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 30, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew C. Phelan, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, John R. Fisher, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., and Margaret M. Lawton, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellant.

Kathleen Sutherland, with whom Valentine Anyaibe, and Christopher Warnock, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN, KING and RUIZ, Associate Judges.

KING, Associate Judge:

Terry White, a passenger on an interstate bus that had stopped-over in the District of Columbia, was charged with a violation of the drug laws based on the recovery of contraband by police officers after a search of a jacket that was seized from the area next to her. The trial court granted White's motion to suppress the evidence because the government elected to file the criminal charge against White, who the court found had no standing to...

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