UNITED STATES v. MATTHEWS

Nos. 72-1075, 72-1076 and 72-1581.

480 F.2d 1191 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America v. John C. MATTHEWS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, v. Roger RAY, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Alonzo WARREN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 22, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Zimmet (appointed by this Court), for appellants in Nos. 72-1075 and 72-1076.

William J. O'Malley, Jr., of the bar of the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia, pro hac vice by special order of the Court for appellant in No. 72-1581. Lois R. Goodman (appointed by this Court), was on the brief for appellant.

John C. Lenahan, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Kenneth Michael Robinson, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief for appellee.

Before FAHY, Senior Circuit Judge, and LEVENTHAL and ROBB, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Each of the appellants in these appeals was convicted of (1) possession of unregistered firearms, (2) possession of prohibited weapons, and (3) carrying a dangerous weapon,1 and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment. We affirm the convictions. The evidence was adequate to enable the jury to find that the possession of the weapons, which were in a car in which appellants were riding, could be knowledgedly attributed to them...

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