White v. United States

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of possession of heroin, a controlled substance, in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(d) (1984 Supp.). His sole contention on appeal is that the court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence. We remand for further findings of fact.

I

On March 26, 1984, Metropolitan Police Officer Wade J. Sovonick applied for a warrant to search a two-story town house at 933 Fifth Street, S.E.1 The following day Sovonick and several other officers executed the warrant. While doing so, So-vonick searched appellant, one of five persons in the house, and…