GARRIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 6182.

295 A.2d 510 (1972)

Daniel E. GARRIS, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 2, 1972.

Rehearing Denied October 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen S. Millstein, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

David M. Bullock, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Lawrence P. Lataif, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and FICKLING and GALLAGHER, Associate Judges.


FICKLING, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted after a jury trial of one count of carrying a pistol without a license after having been convicted of a felony, D.C.Code 1967, § 22-3204. He contends that the Assistant United States Attorney's misstatement to the jury concerning appellant's knowledge of partially loaded pistols, coupled with the failure of the court to give more explicit curing instructions, prejudiced his rights to a fair trial and constituted...

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