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WILLIAMS v. UNITED STATES

No. 6016.

287 A.2d 814 (1972)

Charles M. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 29, 1972.

Rehearing Denied March 14, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Robert D. Zsalman, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Margaret Lee Cross, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GALLAGHER and NEBEKER, Associate Judges, and QUINN, Associate Judge, Retired.

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

This appeal arises out of a conviction for carrying a pistol without a license,1 after appellant's unsuccessful attempt to obtain an order of suppression. The question presented is whether the actions of police officers, as a part of an immediate investigation of a recent crime, and in response to appellant's furtive actions, were reasonable under the circumstances. Under the rationale of Terry v. Ohio,

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