Howard v. District of Columbia

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant was convicted of making an indecent sexual proposal and sentenced to 360 days in jail. He has appealed alleging that (1) the failure of the trial court to quash the arrest and dismiss the information constituted error, (2) there was insufficient evidence to sustain the conviction, and (3) the sentence imposed was in excess of the maximum permitted under the statute.

The motion to quash was based on the contention that the police officer, who made the arrest without a warrant, had no basis to conclude that a criminal offense had been committed in his presence.…