UNITED STATES v. DEWS

No. 22347.

417 F.2d 753 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Johnnie DEWS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edmund D. Campbell, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court) for appellant.

Mr. John D. Aldock, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Harold H. Titus, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief for appellee.

Before BURGER, McGOWAN and TAMM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant was convicted of carnal knowledge of a female under 16 years of age in violation of 22 D.C.Code § 2801 (1967). He attacks his conviction by means of three allegations of error. Only one, however, requires extended discussion.1

Appellant's only substantial contention of error is that the prosecutor exceeded permissible bounds in his closing argument to the jury. Upon inspection of the record, we find that...

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