PINKNEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 8752.

360 A.2d 35 (1976)

Eugene H. PINKNEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Torgerson, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant. William T. Plumb, Jr., Washington, D.C. also entered an appearance for appellant.

Henry H. Kennedy, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and John L. Kern, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FICKLING, KERN and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.


KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted after a nonjury trial of carrying a pistol without a license. He challenges his conviction on the ground that the court erred in refusing to suppress the pistol the prosecution introduced against him at trial. The police had seized the pistol, immediately after arresting appellant pursuant to a warrant, from the auto he had been driving at the time of arrest.

The record reflects that a trio of police officers...

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