PORTER v. U.S.

No. 09-CM-1275.

7 A.3d 1021 (2010)

Eugene J. PORTER, Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 12, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa D. Chanel , appointed by the court, was on the brief for appellant.

Ronald C. Machen, Jr. , United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese, III , John F. Mannarino , and Peter S. Smith , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for appellee.

Before BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge, and TERRY and FARRELL, Senior Judges.


TERRY, Senior Judge:

Appellant Porter was convicted of possession of cocaine. On appeal from his conviction, he contends that his motion to suppress evidence should have been granted because a tip given by a known police informant was not sufficiently reliable to give the police probable cause to search him. In addition, he argues that the trial court erred in its handling of background information relating to the informant, asserting that his rights under Brady...

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