GORDON v. UNITED STATES

No. 6863.

305 A.2d 522 (1973)

James GORDON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 1, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leroy Nesbitt, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Stuart N. Gerson, Charles E. Wagner, and Richard S. Vermeire, Asst. U. S. Attys., for appellee.

Before KELLY, GALLAGHER and Yeagley, Associate Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was charged with carrying a pistol without a license in violation of D.C. Code 1967, § 22-3204.1 He was convicted after a nonjury trial and fined $100 or alternatively, sentenced to 30 days in jail. He argues that the pistol was seized by the arresting officer as the result of an illegal search and should therefore not have been admitted into evidence.

The evidence shows that the arresting officer, while...

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