Sanders v. United States

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

Acting on a telephone tip from a person who was known to police by voice but not by name, police officers searched appellant’s car and found cocaine. At trial, appellant moved to have the cocaine suppressed on the ground that the police lacked probable cause to search. The trial court denied the motion. Appellant then pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute, D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1). 1 Having preserved the issue pursuant to Super. Ct.Crim. R. 11(a)(2), he argues on appeal that the suppression ruling was erroneous. Because the record developed in the trial…