MIDDLETON v. UNITED STATES

No. 6784.

305 A.2d 259 (1973)

Ralph W. MIDDLETON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 1, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Lee Dier, appointed by this court, for appellant.

Peter C. Schaumber, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REILLY, C. J., and KERN and NEBEKER, JJ.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from a conviction of carrying a pistol without a license in violation of D.C.Code 1967, § 22-3204.

Appellant was stopped by members of the Metropolitan Police for a traffic violation. Upon approaching appellant's car, one of the officers observed a loaded pistol lying in plain view on the front seat. Appellant was thereupon arrested and the pistol seized.

At his nonjury trial appellant admitted ownership of the pistol...

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