Martin v. United States

KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted by the trial court sitting without a jury of carrying a dangerous weapon, a “pegged knife,” in violation of D.C.Code 1967, § 22-3204; possessing a prohibited weapon, a switchblade knife, in violation of D.C.Code 1967, § 22-3214(a); and, driving a motor vehicle without an operator’s license in violation of D.C.Code 1967, § 40-301 (d). Although the prosecutor prior to trial had given notice of his intention to proceed against appellant as a second offender under D.C.Code 1967, § 22-104, 1 and at trial had proved appellant’s prior conviction of…