Legal Opinion
Sanders v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 12, 1975No. 7930PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Associate Judge:
Appellant was found guilty of carrying a pistol without a license, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-3204, failure to register a firearm, D.C.Pol.Reg. Art. 51, § 1, and the unlawful possession of ammunition, id. Art. 53, § 2. He contends that the pistol and ammunition should have been suppressed as evidence. We disagree, and affirm.
I
On the afternoon in question, Officer Douglas Jenkins of the Metropolitan Police Department observed appellant walking along the sidewalk on 19th Street, N.W. The officer testified at a pretrial suppression hearing that the block was “near the hotels on…
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