York v. District of Columbia

MACK, Associate Judge:

Appellant challenges his conviction of two traffic violations: driving with a suspended operator’s permit,1 and operating a vehicle without a current inspection stick*697er.2 As to the first conviction we remand for resentencing; as to the second, we reverse for the failure of the government to meet its burden of proof.

On February 15, 1978 at 1:50 a. m. two officers of the Metropolitan Police Department observed appellant driving a car with an inspection rejection sticker on the lower right portion of the windshield.3 They stopped the vehicle to see if the sticker was…