Hill v. United States

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

On towards midnight of the evening of December 20, 1991, appellants Reginald Hill and Eddie Ellis killed one man and wounded another in a street confrontation near Columbia Road and 14th Street, N.W. Several hours later, at approximately 3:00 a.m., the police, without a warrant but through a ruse, entered the apartment of a female acquaintance of appellants, Katrina Harrell, and seized both appellants. The principal issue on appeal is whether the trial court correctly ruled that the appellants lacked standing to challenge the warrantless entry into the apartment. 1…