Williams v. United States

QUINN, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for carrying an unlicensed pistol. Code 1951, § 22-3204 (Supp. VIII). Williams complains that the District police found and removed a weapon from his automobile in the course of an unreasonable search and seizure. On this constitutional ground he challenges the denial of his motion to suppress the gun as evidence at trial.

At approximately three o’clock one morning in April 1960 appellant was stopped in the District for driving 40 miles per hour in a 30-mile zone. He was arrested and ordered to follow the officers to the police…