Gilmore v. United States

Appellant was convicted 1 by a jury of carrying a dangerous weapon — a knife — in violation of D.C.Code 1967, § 22-3204. 2 His sole contention on appeal is that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction.

The Government presented evidence that at about three o’clock in the morning appellant was in the Trailways Bus Terminal and in possession of another person’s bus ticket. He sought to dispose of a “pegged” knife when he was questioned. This is a clasp knife with the blade folding into the handle, but it had been altered by the insertion of a small peg between the blade and the…