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CLEMONS v. UNITED STATES

No. 17241.

314 F.2d 278 (1963)

Charles CLEMONS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1963.

Petition for Rehearing Denied February 15, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles J. McKerns, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. John B. Jacob, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Robert A. Levetown, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker and Victor W. Caputy, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

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

Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied En Banc February 15, 1963.

PER CURIAM.

Convicted of raping an 80-year-old woman in her apartment, Clemons appeals. He asserts the evidence against him was insufficient, as a matter of law, to go to the jury, and that the prosecuting attorney in his closing argument drew the jury's attention to the fact that he did not take the stand.

The victim was unable to identify her assailant except to the extent of saying...

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