Pinkney v. United States

KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted after a nonjury trial of carrying a pistol without a license. He challenges his conviction on the ground that the court erred in refusing to suppress the pistol the prosecution introduced against him at trial. The police had seized the pistol, immediately after arresting appellant pursuant to a warrant, from the auto he had been driving at the time of arrest.

The record reflects that a trio of police officers were on duty in the early morning hours of February 23, 1974, seeking to locate various persons for whom they had bench warrants. One such…