Legal Opinion
Ellis v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 7, 2008No. 05-CF-302, 05-CF-376PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Senior Judge:
Following a jury trial, Donald Ellis was found guilty of one count of unlawful distribution of heroin in a drug-free zone 1 and of one count of willful failure to appear (FTA) at a status hearing in the heroin distribution case. 2 On appeal from his conviction and sentence on the heroin count, 3 Ellis principally contends that the trial judge erred by denying his pretrial motion to suppress his post-arrest show-up identification by Officer Anthony Commodore of the Metropolitan Police Department. 4 According to Ellis, the police lacked probable cause to arrest him or…
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