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WILSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 5662.

278 A.2d 461 (1971)

Vincent Maurice WILSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 11, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Everett J. Santos, appointed by this court, for appellant.

Leonard W. Belter, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and James A. Fitzgerald, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KERN, NEBEKER and PAIR, Associate Judges.

KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellant entered a plea of guilty to the charge of possessing heroin and was sentenced to six months imprisonment.1 On appeal his challenge goes only to his sentence. He assails the fact that the trial court refused to request a report from the probation office before imposing sentence, but trial judges are not required in every case to obtain a presentence report. GS Crim.Rule 32(c) (1); Thomas v. United States...

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