United States v. Woodfolk

STEADMAN, Associate Judge.

During a search of Floyd Woodfolk’s home, police found a 9 mm semiautomatic Luger (“Tech 9”) with a loaded magazine in a white plastic bag near Woodfolk’s bedroom. In test-firing the gun to determine operability, it was discovered that the magazine found in the gun was defective in that it failed to properly feed bullets into the chamber of the gun; however, when a new properly functioning magazine was inserted, the gun readily fired multiple rounds.

The jury found Woodfolk guilty of possession of a prohibited weapon (machine gun) in violation of D.C.Code §…