PER CURIAM.
Appellant was indicted for and convicted of the crime of housebreaking, D.C.Code § 22-1801 (1961). On appeal, his court-appointed counsel (not of counsel in the District Court), urges that the trial court erroneously declined to give an instruction on lesser included offenses. He contends that the evidence would have sustained a conviction for unlawful entry, see D.C.Code § 22-3102 (1961), carrying a much lower penalty.
However, appellant...
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