POTEAT v. UNITED STATES

No. 6917.

330 A.2d 229 (1974)

John E. POTEAT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Glover, III, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Joseph B. Valder, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Stuart M. Gerson and James F. Rutherford, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

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


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

In this appeal from a conviction of carrying a pistol without a license1 the contentions are that the trial court erred (1) in denying appellant's motion to suppress evidence, and (2) in holding the pretrial hearing on that motion in appellant's absence. We reject both claims and affirm.

The testimony at the hearing on the motion to suppress revealed that at about 6:00 p. m. appellant was driving a vehicle...

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