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BEST v. UNITED STATES

No. 4365.

237 A.2d 825 (1968)

Wendell C. BEST, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 7, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Schneider, Washington, D.C. (appointed by this court) for appellant.

Albert W. Overby, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom David G. Bress, U.S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and David M. Barrett, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and MYERS and KELLY, Judges.

MYERS, Associate Judge:

After a non-jury trial, appellant was convicted of carrying a deadly weapon. D.C. Code (1967) § 22-3204.

The arresting officer testified at trial that, while on patrol at 12:45 a.m. on a Saturday morning, he noticed appellant and another man in the hallway of a building. Upon being questioned, appellant was unable to give a logical explanation for his presence there. From the building manager, who came upon the scene, the officer...

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