Legal Opinion
Kelly v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 26, 1990No. 89-707PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
In what promises to become a familiar scenario, appellant Kelly was approached by a member of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Narcotic Interdiction Unit after getting off a train at Union Station. Following a brief conversation and a request to search the shopping bag that Kelly was carrying, the officer found cocaine in a smaller bag inside a shoe which was in the shopping bag. Kelly was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute it, a violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(l) (1988). He moved to suppress the cocaine as the fruit of an illegal search,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. DelgadoSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by46 opinions
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