UNITED STATES v. BOLDEN

No. 80-1195.

429 A.2d 185 (1981)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. James BOLDEN, Jr., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Pasano, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Alan B. Soschin, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and MACK and PRYOR, Associate Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The government appeals from an order suppressing the introduction into evidence of a dangerous drug, phencyclidine (PCP). We reverse.

Although the motions judge made no specific findings of fact, our review of the transcript leads us to conclude that the judge accepted as true the testimony of Officer Tochtermann, the only witness to appear at the suppression hearing.

The facts may be stated briefly...

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