HARLING v. UNITED STATES

No. 15909.

295 F.2d 161 (1961)

Walter L. HARLING, Appellant v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ernest C. Raskauskas, Washington, D. C. (appointed by the District Court), for appellant.

Mr. Donald S. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Mr. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, and Mr. Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, Chief Judge, EDGERTON, PRETTYMAN, BAZELON, FAHY, WASHINGTON, DANAHER, BASTIAN and BURGER, Circuit Judges, sitting


BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

We here review convictions for assault with a dangerous weapon1 and robbery.2 The principal question concerns the admissibility of testimony by Government witnesses of damaging oral statements made by appellant while in police custody when he was seventeen years old and before the Juvenile Court had waived its "original and exclusive jurisdiction." D. C.Code, § 11-907.

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