SIMS v. UNITED STATES

No. 1730.

120 A.2d 69 (1956)

Theodore R. SIMS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided January 17, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Brown, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., Lewis Carroll, E. Tillman Stirling, and Richard J. Snider, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., for appellee.

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


QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of destroying private property in violation of D.C.Code 1951, § 22-3112. While several errors are alleged, the question for decision is whether the trial court was right in denying a motion for judgment of acquittal at the conclusion of the government's case.

The essential facts may be summarized as follows: The complainant testified that in January 1955 she was the successful bidder at a foreclosure...

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