U.S. v. MAPLE

No. 01-3109.

334 F.3d 15 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jerome Wendell MAPLE, a/k/a William Lee Johnson, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beverly G. Dyer, Assistant Federal Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant. On the briefs were A. J. Kramer, Federal Public Defender, and Sandra G. Roland, Assistant Federal Public Defender.

Matthew T. Martens, Assistant United States Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. On the brief were Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, John R. Fisher, Roy W. McLeese III, T. Anthony Quinn, and Mary B. McCord, Assistant United States Attorneys.

Before: SENTELLE and ROGERS, Circuit Judges, and SILBERMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

Opinion dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.

SILBERMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Appellant Jerome Maple contends that D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Officer James McCourt's decision to open a closed compartment in Maple's car to relocate a cellular phone while securing the vehicle was an unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment. He also raises a Second Amendment...

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