SMITH v. UNITED STATES

No. 6146.

292 A.2d 150 (1972)

Carlton J. SMITH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 30, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Paull, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

John J. Mulrooney, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Charles F. Flynn, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on brief, for appellee.

Before PAIR, REILLY, and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.


REILLY, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction on a charge of carrying a dangerous weapon.1 Appellant contends that (1) the trial court below erred in denying his motion to suppress the weapon as evidence and (2) in any event, there was insufficient proof of possession.

The only witness at the hearing on the motion to suppress was John A. Prosek, an officer of the Metropolitan Police. He testified that on the evening...

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