SIMS v. UNITED STATES

No. 15471.

277 F.2d 93 (1960)

Ralph L. SIMS, Appellant v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 14, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Nicholas J. Chase, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. A. Kenneth Pye, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. John Jude O'Donnell, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, Chief Judge, and DANAHER and BURGER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted of housebreaking and robbery on the testimony of two eye-witnesses, one of them the robbery victim. They said appellant was armed with a pistol. These witnesses had some acquaintance with appellant and their identification of him as the assailant was unequivocal. Six witnesses, relatives or friends of appellant, purported to corroborate appellant's claimed alibi that he was somewhere else when the crime was committed.

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