Banks v. United States

FICKLING, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted after a nonjury trial of carrying a pistol without a license (D.C.Code 1967, § 22-3204). On appeal he contends that the trial court erred in denying a motion to suppress the pistol and that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction. We disagree and, therefore, affirm.

Shortly before midnight on April 17, 1971, two police officers, while patrolling in a police car, observed appellant and a female companion parked in a bus zone. The officers asked appellant to move on and he complied. Approximately two minutes later the officers saw…