JOHNSON v. U.S.

No. 09-CM-1233.

7 A.3d 1030 (2010)

Tashina JOHNSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 12, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine Pembroke , Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III , Mary B. McCord , Trevor N. McFadden , and John P. Gidez , Assistant United States Attorneys, for appellee.

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


FISHER, Associate Judge:

Tashina Johnson was convicted of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, D.C.Code § 48-904.01(d) (2001), after police officers saw a handgun on the floor of a car in which she was riding and, during a search of the car's interior, found marijuana in her purse. Appellant argues that the trial court erred in denying her motion to suppress. Because the search was permissible incident to the lawful arrest of another passenger, we affirm...

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