Heard v. United States

FICKLING, Associate Judge:

On January 3, 1966, appellant was arrested at his home for the offense of abortion. After placing him under arrest, the officers searched the premises pursuant to a valid search warrant and found certain abortion instruments, a sawed-off shotgun, and a pistol. The weapons were not described in the search warrant, nor did the officers at the time of the seizure know that the pistol was stolen. When the officers learned the pistol had been stolen, appellant was charged with receiving stolen property in violation of D.C. Code 1961, § 22-2205, and was convicted at the…