GROOMES v. UNITED STATES

No. 2409.

155 A.2d 73 (1959)

Bettie GROOMES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided October 21, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. B. Parker, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

William W. Greenhalgh, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

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


ROVER, Chief Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of petit larceny. Code 1951, § 22-2202 (Supp. VII). Assigning as error (1) the denial of motions properly made for judgment of acquittal; and (2) the insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict, appellant contends that the Government's proof failed to establish a taking and carrying away of the property involved.

The Government's evidence disclosed the following...

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