PORTER v. UNITED STATES

No. 5763.

282 A.2d 559 (1971)

Jesse James PORTER, a/k/a Jesse Morris Porter, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 26, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Z. Noyes, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Leonard W. Belter, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and KELLY and FICKLING, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Chief Judge:

Appellant was convicted by the court sitting without a jury of carrying a pistol without a license in violation of D.C.Code 1967, § 22-3204. On this appeal he contends that the evidence was insufficient to warrant his conviction.

Officer Spagnola and his partner received a radio call after midnight in their police wagon "that a man had a gun in the 800 block of 14th Street." Arriving at that location, Officer Spagnola spotted a woman...

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