Ball v. United States

RUIZ, Associate Judge.

Mark Ball appeals from his conviction of unlawful possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance in violation of D.C.Code § 33 — 541(a)(1) (1993), on the ground that the trial court should have granted his motion to suppress physical evidence — drugs and $953 in cash — found during a search following his arrest. Ball pled guilty, reserving the right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress evidence for lack of probable cause. We conclude that the officer’s plain feel of a large medicine bottle, enhanced by the officer’s observations of appellant’s…