DAVIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 5870.

284 A.2d 459 (1971)

Ernest Lee DAVIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES and District of Columbia, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Kloch, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Ann S. DuRoss, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Charles E. Brookhart, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee United States.

C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, Richard W. Barton and Earl A. Gershenow, Asst. Corp. Counsels, entered appearances for appellee District of Columbia and adopted oral argument of counsel for appellee United States.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and GALLAGHER and PAIR, Associate Judges.


GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from convictions for carrying a dangerous weapon (handgun) without a license (D.C.Code 1967, § 22-3204), possession of an unregistered gun and unlawful possession of ammunition (Police Regs. art. 51, § 1 and art. 53, § 2).1 Appellant contends that the gun and ammunition should have been suppressed as the fruits of an illegal search. We disagree and affirm the convictions.

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