Legal Opinion
United States v. Scott
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 28, 2010No. 07-CO-871PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:
The United States appeals from the suppression of evidence in its prosecution of Donte Scott for simple possession of marijuana and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The police recovered the marijuana and the cocaine in separate searches after they arrested Scott for selling drugs in plain view of an undercover police officer. The government claims that the trial court erred in ruling that each seizure -violated Scott’s rights under the Fourth Amendment. We agree with the government as to the cocaine, but not as to the marijuana.
The marijuana was…
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