STURDIVANT v. U.S.

No. 84-522.

551 A.2d 1338 (1988)

Johnny Mack STURDIVANT, a/k/a Joe Robinson, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl V. Angelis, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellant.

Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MACK, BELSON and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.


BELSON, Associate Judge:

This case presents the question whether the warrantless search of an attic crawl space above appellant's bedroom was permissible under the exigent circumstances exception to the warrant clause of the Fourth Amendment. The trial court denied appellant's motion to suppress the evidence found in the crawl space. After a jury trial, at which that evidence was presented, appellant was convicted of one count of armed robbery, D.C.Code §§...

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