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MEJIA-CORTEZ v. UNITED STATES

No. 15-CM-1046.

256 A.3d 210 (2021)

Manuel MEJIA-CORTEZ, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 12, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron Marr Page for appellant.

Christopher R. Howland , with whom Channing D. Phillips , United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Elizabeth Trosman , Elizabeth H. Danello , Nigel Cooney , and Melissa M. Price , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Opinion concurring in the judgment by Associate Judge Thompson at pages 218-19.

Appellant Manuel Mejia-Cortez was leaving the Georgia Avenue Metro station on his way home from watching a game at a friend's house when a transit police officer arrested him for suspected fare evasion. In an ensuing search of a bag Mr. Mejia-Cortez was carrying, the arresting officer discovered a six pack of beer containing...

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