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THOMPSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 5077.

263 A.2d 264 (1970)

Edward THOMPSON, a/k/a Edward Garcia, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 24, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Niblack, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, was on the brief for appellant.

Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Mary E. Folliard and James L. Lyons, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief for appellee.

Before KELLY, FICKLING and GALLAGHER, Associate Judges.

KELLY, Associate Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of petit larceny. One claim of error merits discussion: the trial court's denial of counsel's request to reserve opening statement until the Government rested.

After the prosecutor's opening statement, defense counsel requested permission to reserve because, he said, appellant1 was undecided whether he wished to testify and because...

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