WILLIAMS v. UNITED STATES

No. 2675.

170 A.2d 233 (1961)

David A. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 28, 1961.

Rehearing Denied June 13, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas T. Kawahara, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

John R. Schmertz, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee. Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code, § 11-776(b).


QUINN, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for carrying an unlicensed pistol. Code 1951, § 22-3204 (Supp. VIII). Williams complains that the District police found and removed a weapon from his automobile in the course of an unreasonable search and seizure. On this constitutional ground he challenges the denial of his motion to suppress the gun as evidence at trial.

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