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RUSSELL v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 1708.

118 A.2d 519 (1955)

John A. RUSSELL, Jr., Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided November 22, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Gregg, with whom Reid C. Tait, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel, Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Milton D. Korman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Defendant appeals from a conviction on a charge of "leaving after colliding." Code 1951, Supp. III, 40-609(a).1 This statute makes it a crime for an automobile operator who has caused "substantial damage" to property to leave the scene without first making his identity known. Defendant argues that he is entitled to a reversal because (1) the finding of guilt was contrary to the evidence and to the weight of the...

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