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THOMAS v. UNITED STATES

No. 20287.

387 F.2d 191 (1967)

George W. THOMAS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 4, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William P. Bernton, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. Robert A. Ackerman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Mr. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and Messrs. Frank Q. Nebeker and Joel D. Blackwell, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, PRETTYMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and DANAHER, Circuit Judge.

PRETTYMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Appellant Thomas was indicted, tried before a jury, and convicted for carnal knowledge of a 15-year-old girl.1 He seeks reversal on the sole ground that there was inadequate corroboration of the prosecutrix's testimony identifying him as her assailant.2 We affirm.

The case for the Government was that the complainant-victim left her home at about 8:30 in the evening in...

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