Legal Opinion

In re A.S.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided June 26, 2003No. 02-FS-198PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

Before us is a pretrial government appeal from' a juvenile proceeding in which the trial court suppressed evidence of drugs found on A.S. when he was stopped and searched by a police officer. The trial court held that the stop and frisk of A.S. was unlawful under Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968) and the Fourth Amendment. We affirm.

*47In reviewing a trial court ruling on a suppression motion, the facts and all reasonable inferences therefrom must be viewed in favor of sustaining the trial court ruling. Peay v. United States, 597 A.2d 1318,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Peay v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
  3. Duhart v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
  4. Stockard v. MossDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
  5. Anderson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Robinson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2013
  2. Edward Morgan, Jr. v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2015
  3. In re A.F.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2004
  4. Edward Morgan, Jr. v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2015
  5. Golden v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2021

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