![]() General Hospital, returned from lunch and noticed that an *1161 eighteen-day-old baby boy was missing. Accordingly, we affirm appellant's conviction of the offense of kidnapping.Īt approximately 1:15 p.m., on Monday, October 23, 1989, Charlotte Braxton, the nursing assistant on duty at the boarder baby nursery at the D.C. The identification of the baby as the kidnapped baby sufficiently attenuated the taint of appellant's conceded illegal seizure to make appellant's subsequent confession admissible into evidence. We conclude, as reflected in the trial court's ruling, that the entry and seizure of the baby were justified by emergency circumstances and hence lawful under the Fourth Amendment. ![]() 1173.Īppellant challenges the warrantless police entry into her home which resulted in the retrieval of a kidnapped baby. Opinion for the court by Associate Judge STEADMAN.ĭissenting opinion by Associate Judge FERREN at p. ![]() ![]() ![]() Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.īefore FERREN and STEADMAN, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge. at the time the brief was filed, and John R. *1160 Jo-Ann Wallace, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Samia Fam, Eduardo Juarez, and Stephanie Garriga, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.Īnn K.H. ![]()
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