CHEW v. UNITED STATES

No. 16542.

298 F.2d 334 (1962)

William CHEW, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 25, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert T. S. Colby, Washington, D. C., (appointed by this court) submitted on the brief for appellant.

Mr. Abbott A. Leban, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Nathan J. Paulson and Arthur J. McLaughlin, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, submitted on the brief for appellee. Messrs. Charles T. Duncan, Principal Asst. U. S. Atty., and Donald S. Smith and John R. Schmertz, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., also entered appearances for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, Chief Judge, and BAZELON and FAHY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant was convicted of grand larceny. He was seen in the act of stealing seven sport coats in a department store. He argues on appeal that a verdict of acquittal should have been directed because the Government failed to prove a value of at least $100 which, in this jurisdiction, is essential to a conviction of grand larceny. Section 22-2201, D.C. Code (1961). He also complains of the court's failure to instruct on the included offense of petit...

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