Sturdivant v. United States

BELSON, Associate Judge:

This case presents the question whether the warrantless search of an attic crawl space above appellant’s bedroom was permissible under the exigent circumstances exception to the warrant clause of the Fourth Amendment. The trial court denied appellant’s motion to suppress the evidence found in the crawl space. After a jury trial, at which that evidence was presented, appellant was convicted of one count of armed robbery, D.C.Code §§ 22-2901, -3202 (1981 & 1987 Supp.), and two counts of possession of a prohibited weapon, D.C. Code § 22-3214 (1981). Because we conclude…