WILLIAMS v. U.S.

Nos. 97-CF-421, 97-CF-604.

884 A.2d 587 (2005)

Gregory V. WILLIAMS and Herbert Smalls, Jr., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Montague A. Buck, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant Gregory V. Williams.

Steven H. Schiff, appointed by the court, for appellant Herbert Smalls, Jr.

Rikki D. McCoy, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher, Assistant United States Attorney, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY and RUIZ, Associate Judges, and STEADMAN, Senior Judge.


RUIZ, Associate Judge:

A jury convicted Gregory V. Williams and Herbert Smalls, Jr. of several weapons offenses after officers with the Metropolitan Police Department discovered in the course of a traffic stop a semiautomatic handgun lodged under the vehicle's front seat where Williams and Smalls both were sitting. In these consolidated appeals, each appellant raises a single issue. Williams contends that the government failed to introduce evidence of constructive...

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