Ware v. United States

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant Ware was convicted of possession of cocaine, in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(d) (1990). On appeal he contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the cocaine seized from him by the police. We disagree and accordingly affirm the conviction.

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On June 18, 1993, at about 4:45 p.m., Metropolitan Police Officer Robert Jones was stopped on the street by a woman who said that a man who had just ridden past on a bicycle was selling drugs out of a woman’s purse. 1 According to Officer Jones, the woman described a man wearing bicycle shorts,…