QUARLES v. UNITED STATES

No. 8759.

349 A.2d 690 (1975)

William Nelson QUARLES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 31, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Borders, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Gerard F. Treanor, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, James F. McMullin, Bernard J. Panetta, II, and Joseph F. McSorley, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

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


KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was apprehended during the execution of a search warrant at an afterhours club and charged with carrying a pistol without a license1 because he was seen to secrete a loaded .38 caliber revolver behind a radiator during the raid. Upon conviction appellant was sentenced to nine months in prison and fined $1,000. There are two contentions on appeal: that appellant's separate motions for a mistrial and for...

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