MATTHEWS v. UNITED STATES

No. 4739.

252 A.2d 505 (1969)

Paul E. MATTHEWS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 25, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Niblack, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

James A. Treanor, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Lee A. Freeman, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and FICKLING and GALLAGHER, Associate Judges.


FICKLING, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of petit larceny, D.C.Code 1967, § 22-2202, and was found not guilty of simple assault, D.C. Code 1967, § 22-504.

After the foreman announced the jury's verdict, defense counsel requested that the jury be polled as to the petit larceny. When their names were called, eleven of the jurors simply answered "Guilty." When the ninth juror was polled, however, the following colloquy took place...

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