Legal Opinion
In re A.S.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 16, 1992No. 91-FS-1024PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Chief Judge:
Appellant A.S., adjudicated delinquent because of his involvement in distribution of cocaine, a controlled substance, in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541 (1988 Repl.), appeals on the ground that the trial judge erred by denying his motion to suppress tangible evidence, a pre-recorded twenty dollar bill. Because the police lacked particularized articulable suspicion when they stopped three suspects, one of whom was appellant, their seizure of appellant was not reasonable under the Fourth Amendment, and therefore the money should have been suppressed. Accordingly, we reverse…
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