Belton v. United States

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute it, in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(l) (1993). On appeal she maintains that the trial court erred in (1) failing to suppress certain physical evidence seized during the execution of a search warrant, on the ground that the police violated the “knock and announce” statute, D.C.Code § 33-565(g) (1993); (2) failing to suppress evidence seized from her daughter, assertedly in violation of the Fourth Amendment; (3) failing to suppress her own statement that she lived in the apartment where the…