U.S. v. NASH

Nos. 13-CO-1299, 13-CO-1456.

100 A.3d 157 (2014)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. William A. NASH, Jr. and David Lewis, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 25, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Goodhand , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, and Elizabeth Trosman and Christian Natiello , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellant.

Cecily E. Baskir for appellee William A. Nash, Jr.

Christine A. Monta , with whom James W. Klein and Samia Fam were on the brief, for appellee David Lewis.

Before FISHER and McLEESE, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


McLEESE, Associate Judge:

These consolidated appeals arise from two separate incidents but present a common legal question: in what circumstances may police officers search a car for additional evidence after seeing an open container of alcohol in the car. In each case, the trial court suppressed evidence recovered in such a search, holding that the search was unlawful under the Fourth Amendment. The United States seeks interlocutory...

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