Legal Opinion
Lee v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 7, 1979No. 13832PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
Appellant stands convicted of carrying a pistol without a license, a felony under D.C. Code 1973, § 22-3204. He contends the seizure of the weapon from him violated his Fourth Amendment rights. We hold that the frisk which revealed the presence of the weapon was reasonable. He also contends that the indictment was defective in that it failed specifically to charge that the weapon was operable. We hold that operability is not required to be specified because to be a “pistol”, within the meaning of § 22-3204, a firearm must be operable. Otherwise it fails that…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Anderson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Bates v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Tendler v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1946
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