CARTER v. UNITED STATES

No. 4426.

244 A.2d 483 (1968)

Charles Wilbert CARTER, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 24, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DeLong Harris, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Joel M. Finkelstein, Asst. U.S. Atty., for appellee, David G. Bress, U.S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Richard M. Cahill, Asst. U.S. Attys., and Larry D. Knippa, Sp. Atty. to U.S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MYERS, KELLY and FICKLING, Associate Judges.


FICKLING, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of carrying a pistol without a license in violation of D.C. Code 1967, § 22-3204. His sole contention is that the weapon was seized pursuant to an arrest made without probable cause, and therefore the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the evidence.

About 1:50 p. m. on February 23, 1967, while the arresting officers were cruising in a patrol wagon, they received a radio dispatch that...

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