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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. MANCOUSO

Nos. 00-CT-544, 00-CT-545.

778 A.2d 270 (2001)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Barbara MANCOUSO and Dion Wills, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 2, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosalyn Calbert Groce, Supervisory Corporation Counsel with whom Robert R. Rigsby, Corporation Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellant.

W. Bronson Howell, appointed by the court, for appellee Mancouso.

Lloyd A. Malech, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellee Wills.

Before STEADMAN, GLICKMAN and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

The police, executing a search warrant, entered the house where appellees reside without complying with the "knock and announce" requirement of D.C.Code § 23-524(a) (1996 Repl.). Neither appellee was inside the house at the time but both were in the immediate vicinity and within "earshot" and "eyeshot," had the police complied with the statute. The principal issue before us in this pretrial government appeal is whether the trial court...

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