WASHINGTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 21451.

419 F.2d 636 (1969)

Thomas H. WASHINGTON, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George H. Cohen, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court) for appellant.

Mr. Robert S. Blank, Asst. U. S. Atty., of the bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and BURGER, and McGOWAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant was convicted of rape after a second trial for the instant offense.1 While his principal defense at trial was alibi, he contends on appeal that there was insufficient evidence to corroborate the testimony of prosecutrix as to the corpus delicti, and that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury that such evidence was required, although no such instruction was requested by trial counsel.

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