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MILLER v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 83-923.

479 A.2d 329 (1984)

Green MILLER, Jr., Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 7, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin A. Marshall, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellant.

Inez Smith Reid, Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom John H. Suda, Principal Deputy Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Charlotte Brookins-Pruitt, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before MACK and PRYOR, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.

PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired:

This is an appeal from a post-trial order reducing a jury's award of damages to the amount that appellant sought in the ad damnum clause of his complaint. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in reducing the award. We reverse and remand.

Appellant was arrested on March 23, 1976, in front of his apartment building on 7th Street, S.W. for drinking in public in violation of D.C.Code § 25-128 (1973). The evidence...

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