HERRING v. UNITED STATES

No. 5498.

273 A.2d 835 (1971)

Jackie Emanuel HERRING, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 26, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Liotta, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Charles H. Roistacher, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, and Percy H. Russell, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FICKLING, KERN and REILLY, Associate Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant was found guilty in a trial without a jury of violating D.C.Code 1967, § 22-3214, which prohibits possession of certain dangerous weapons, including switchblade knives. At the trial such a knife was introduced and identified by two police officers as having been taken from appellant's pocket at the time of his arrest. No objection was made to the admission of this particular piece of evidence, nor had there been a pre-trial motion to suppress...

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