Legal Opinion
Gomez v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 30, 1991No. 89-1094PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge.
Nicholas Gomez was found guilty at a stipulated bench trial of three misdemeanor weapons offenses. 1 On appeal, he contends that the trial judge committed reversible error by denying his dispositive pretrial motions to suppress tangible evidence (the pistol and ammunition), as well as an inculpatory pretrial statement which Gomez made while in police custody following his arrest. We affirm.
I
THE EVIDENCE
A. The arrest.
Officer Robert LoProto of the Metropolitan Police Department testified at the hearing on Gomez’ motions that on December 9, 1988, at approximately 10:00…
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