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HOPKINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 5360.

274 A.2d 418 (1971)

William Walter HOPKINS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 8, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. X. Dolan, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

C. Madison Brewer, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Michael J. Madigan, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, KERN and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.

KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellant and his codefendant Harold Taylor, who is not a party to this appeal, were convicted by a jury of attempted burglary II1 and destruction of property.2 It is claimed on this appeal that the trial court erred in denying appellant's motion for a judgment of acquittal and, further, that the court's instructions both on reasonable doubt and presumption of innocence were so inadequate...

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