United States v. Owens

788 A.2d 570 (2002)

UNITED STATES, Appellant,

v.

Anthony OWENS, Appellee.

No. 00-CO-1309.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Argued October 24, 2001.

Decided January 10, 2002.

Valinda Jones, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher and Glenn S. Leon, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellant.

Jerry Ray Smith, for appellee.

Before SCHWELB, FARRELL, and RUIZ, Associate Judges.

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

This government appeal concerns an application of the general knock-and-announce statute, D.C.Code §…