UNITED STATES v. YOUNG

No. 24161.

463 F.2d 934 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, v. James J. YOUNG, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 30, 1972.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Patrick W. Lee, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. John R. Dugan, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, and John A. Terry and William H. Collins, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before LEVENTHAL, ROBINSON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.


LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was indicted for first degree murder and convicted of the lesser-included offense of second degree murder. His appeal claims that questions and remarks by the prosecutor in cross-examination and argument to the jury were improper and, in the absence of corrective instructions, deprived him of a fair trial. We affirm.

I. THE FACTS

The Government's Case

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