The man known as the “Teflon defendant” for his ability to beat criminal charges has won another legal ruling.
A grand jury indicted Corey A. Moore — who earned the “Teflon” moniker when he made it through four mistrials in a 1994 D.C. murder case before prosecutors dropped the charge — on gun and drug charges in October.
Moore was arrested in Takoma Park in September after he allegedly threw a bottle of alcohol at an officer while carrying $50,000 of cocaine. Officers later searched his home, and a federal judge ruled last month that police did not have probable cause to search the apartment.
Prosecutors filed a motion asking the judge to reconsider. But U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams denied that motion on Tuesday, upholding his initial ruling that the evidence seized from Moore’s apartment — which included PCP, weapons and ammunition — was inadmissible, according to court records.
In court papers, Moore’s attorneys had argued that police had no reason to believe there was a “connection with the purported drug possession and the at issue addresses.” In arguing to admit the evidence, prosecutors cited Moore’s apprehension near his apartment and “the normal inference that a drug dealer maintains the tools of his trade in his residence.”
Over the years, Moore has been acquitted of various murder, assault, drug and gun charges.
