NELMS v. UNITED STATES

No. 11982.

215 F.2d 678 (1954)

NELMS v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 8, 1954.

Petition for Rehearing Denied September 23, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Perry S. Patterson, Washington, D. C., appointed by this Court, with whom Mr. Herbert J. Miller, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Samuel J. L'Hommedieu, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and Lewis A. Carroll and Thomas A. Flannery, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, FAHY and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

In count one of an indictment appellant was charged with housebreaking in violation of § 22-1801, D.C.Code (1951), and in count two with larceny in violation of §§ 22-2201, 22-2202, D.C.Code (1951). In a jury trial he was convicted as charged on the first count and of petit larceny on the second. The sentence imposed was a general one of imprisonment for a period of three to nine years.

We find no reversible error affecting the conviction...

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