PATTERSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 6539.

301 A.2d 67 (1973)

Pete PATTERSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES and District of Columbia, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Bentzen, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Richard S. Vermeire, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Roger C. Spaeder and Peter K. Mair, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee United States.

C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, Richard W. Barton and Earl A. Gershenow, Asst. Corp. Counsels, were on the brief for appellee District of Columbia.

Before KELLY, FICKLING and KERN, Associate Judges.


KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of carrying a pistol without a license in violation of D. C.Code 1967, § 22-3204, and of possessing an unregistered firearm and unlawfully possessing ammunition in violation of Art. 51, Sec. 1 and Art. 53, Sec. 2, respectively, of the Police Regulations of the District of Columbia. He contends on appeal that his arrest was without probable cause; that the seizure of the weapon from his car was invalid, and that...

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