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PETERSON v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 2778, 2779.

171 A.2d 95 (1961)

Joseph R. PETERSON, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 2, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellsworth T. Simpson, Washington, D. C., with whom Nylen, Gilmore & Simpson, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair and John R. Hess, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code, § 11-776(b).

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant was convicted of two traffic offenses, namely, "colliding"1 and "leaving after colliding."2 He asserts that the evidence was not sufficient to support either conviction.

The evidence was that at about two hours after midnight an automobile owned by one Margaret Middleton collided with an automobile parked in front of its owner's home; that the only occupant of the striking...

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