United States v. White

KING, Associate Judge:

Terry White, a passenger on an interstate bus that had stopped-over in the District of Columbia, was charged with a violation of the drug laws based on the recovery of contraband by police officers after a search of a jacket that was seized from the area next to her. The trial court granted White’s motion to suppress the evidence because the government elected to file the criminal charge against WTfite, who the court found had no standing to contest the search, but not against another passenger whom White identified as the owner of the jacket. The government now appeals…