Madison v. United States

Appellant appeals his conviction of possession of cocaine, D.C.Code § 33-541(d) (1985 Supp) on the ground that cocaine was found as the result of an impermissible inventory search of the car he was driving by the U.S. Capitol Police, and therefore should have been suppressed as an unconstitutional seizure. He also contends his oral statement about the drugs following the search should have been suppressed. We affirm.

I

At approximately 12:52 a.m. a United States Capitol Policeman noticed that appellant was driving a car without its headlights and had driven through several red lights, one at…