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COLEMAN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 3531.

203 A.2d 918 (1964)

Harry E. COLEMAN, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 14, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Brocard, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

David P. Sutton, Asst. Corporation Counsel, with whom Chester H. Gray, Corporation Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corporation Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Following his conviction for intoxication upon a public street, appellant was given a sentence of $100 or 30 days. 25 D.C.Code, § 128(b).1

Appellant complains that the trial judge erred in imposing a fine greater than the collateral of $10 that he was required to post and hence violated his constitutional rights under the Fifth and Eighth Amendments. He argues that the amount of the

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