Rouse v. United States

MACK, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of carrying a pistol without a license, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-3204. On appeal, he argues that a pistol which is disassembled “is not a working gun,” and as a result cannot support a conviction under that section of the Code. We disagree.

I

The evidence presented by the government in this case was as follows. At approximately 7:50 p. m. on August 4, 1976, Detective Mathis and his partner, Detective Anderson, were investigating narcotics offenses. It was still daylight. The detectives drove their unmarked police cruiser into an alley, and pulled up to…