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DAVIS v. U.S.

No. 97-CF-1882.

759 A.2d 665 (2000)

John Henry DAVIS, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 21, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chukwuma Odelugo, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Florence Pan, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Wilma A. Lewis, United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Elizabeth Trosman, and Alan M. Boyd, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before SCHWELB and REID, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

Following the denial of his motion to suppress tangible evidence, John Henry Davis, Jr., entered a conditional plea of guilty to possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute it (PWID). On appeal, Davis contends that the trial judge erred in denying his motion to suppress. Although we agree with the motions judge that the dispositive question, namely, whether the arresting officer had probable cause to search Davis, "is a close call...

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