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THOMAS v. UNITED STATES

No. 22055.

419 F.2d 1203 (1969)

James H. THOMAS, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 17, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Stephen N. Shulman and Charles D. Reed, Washington, D. C. (both appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. Edwin K. Hall, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry and Theodore Wieseman, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty. at the time the record was filed, also entered an appearance for appellee.

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

PER CURIAM:

Appellant was tried for and convicted of second degree murder and carrying a dangerous weapon. On this appeal he makes three points: (1) the trial court's extensive cross-examination of appellant before the jury was prejudicial; (2) the prosecutor in summation misrepresented the testimony of a Government witness in an area crucial to his case; and (3) no charge on involuntary manslaughter was given the jury in spite of his defense that the killing was...

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