MITCHELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 6650.

302 A.2d 216 (1973)

Fred T. MITCHELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 29, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Grabowsky, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Peter R. Reilly, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Peter A. Chapin, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

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


REILLY, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction under D.C.Code 1967, § 22-3204, for carrying a pistol without a license. Appellant contends that the trial court erred (a) in limiting defense's development of surrounding circumstances to show that possession of the pistol was lacking in criminal intent and (b) in denying a request for an instruction requiring acquittal if the jury found that the possession of...

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