UNITED STATES v. PARKER

No. 3084.

185 A.2d 913 (1962)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. James H. PARKER, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided November 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Greenhalgh, Asst. U. S. Atty., argued for appellant. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., Nathan J. Paulson and Harry K. Schwartz, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief for appellant.

William A. Bachrach, Washington, D. C., with whom William J. Garber, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

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


QUINN, Associate Judge.

The government filed an information charging appellee with violating Code 1961, 22-3214(b), in that he had "in his possession a prohibited weapon, with intent to use unlawfully against another, to wit: pistol." Section 3214(b) provides:

"No person shall within the District of Columbia possess, with intent to use unlawfully against another, an imitation pistol, or a dagger, dirk, razor, stiletto, or knife with a blade longer than three...

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