COLEMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 3808.

219 A.2d 496 (1966)

Clarence J. COLEMAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 12, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claire O. Ducker, Sr., Washington, D. C., with whom Thomas J. Ahern, Sr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Robert Kenly Webster, Asst. U. S. Atty., argued for appellee. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker, Charles L. Owen, and Allan M. Palmer, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief for appellee. John C. Conliff, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.


QUINN, Associate Judge.

By information appellant was charged with unlawful possession of a pistol after conviction of a felony in violation of Code 1961, § 22-3203.1

A pretrial motion to suppress the pistol was granted, but nevertheless appellant was convicted of the offense after a nonjury trial. This appeal ensued.

At the trial Detective Robert E. Smythe of the Metropolitan Police Department

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