United States v. William A. Nash, Jr. and David Lewis

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 review of the trial court’s suppression orders. D.C.Code § 28 — 104(a)(1) (2012 Repl.). We affirm the suppression ruling in appellee Nash’s case and reverse the…