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UNITED STATES v. TELFAIRE

No. 24688.

469 F.2d 552 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America v. Melvin TELFAIRE, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Andrew L. Frey, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court), for appellant. Mr. Robert M. Beckman, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court), was on the brief for appellant.

Mr. Barry W. Levine, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, John A. Terry and John S. Ransom, Asst. U. S. Attys. were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge, and ADAMS, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant was found guilty of robbery, D.C.Code § 22-2901, and sentenced under the Youth Corrections Act. On this appeal it is contended the judge erred (1) in sending the case to the jury on the uncorroborated testimony of a single witness; (2) in failing to initiate a special instruction on identification even in the absence of request by defense counsel, and (3) in failing to give an instruction on the absence of flight. We affirm.

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