UNITED STATES v. WARD

No. 80-1393.

438 A.2d 201 (1981)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Regina WARD and Tyrone S. Ward, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan R. Holmes, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry and Mary A. McLaughlin, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellant.

Vincent A. Jankoski, Washington, D. C., appointed by the court, for appellee Regina Ward.

Robert H. Haas, Washington, D. C., appointed by the court, for appellee Tyrone S. Ward.

Before KERN, HARRIS and BELSON, Associate Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellees were charged with possession of a prohibited weapon (a sawed-off shotgun), D.C.Code 1973, § 22-3214(a), obliteration of identifying marks on a pistol, id., § 22-3212, and two counts of possession of an unregistered firearm. D.C.Code 1977 Supp., §§ 6-1811(a), -1876. The weapons had been seized from a bed in their apartment. Appellees filed pretrial motions to suppress both the tangible evidence and certain statements...

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