United States v. Simmons

302 A.2d 728 (1973)

UNITED STATES, Appellant,

v.

Kenneth C. SIMMONS, Appellee.

No. 6511.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Argued September 18, 1972.

Decided March 8, 1973.

John J. Mulrooney, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry and Charles D. Pierce, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellant.

R. Graydon Ripley, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

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

HARRIS, Associate Judge:

Appellee was charged by information with the possession of heroin in violation of D.C.Code 1967, § 33-402. A…