UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

No. 85-5131.

802 F.2d 1459 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America v. James F. JOHNSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew C. Leefer, Boonsboro, Md., appointed by the Court, for appellant.

Paul L. Colby, Asst. U.S. Atty., a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia, pro hac vice by special leave of Court, with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell and William J. O'Malley, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee. Royce C. Lamberth, R. Craig Lawrence and Patricia D. Carter, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., also entered appearances, for appellee.

Before MIKVA and BORK, Circuit Judges, and HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by District Judge GREENE.

HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge:

Appellant James F. Johnson was convicted by a jury of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a).1 He challenges this conviction on two grounds. First, he argues that his motion to suppress the narcotics, narcotics paraphernalia, and a firearm seized from his residence was improperly denied by the trial...

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