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PAYNE v. UNITED STATES

No. 6095.

294 A.2d 501 (1972)

Frederick L. PAYNE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 25, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay S. Weiss, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Joseph F. McSorley, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Peter C. Schaumber, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and PAIR and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.

REILLY, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal from a conviction on a charge of possessing marijuana in violation of D.C.Code 1967, § 33-402. Appellant waived a jury, and at the end of the Government's case moved for a judgment of acquittal which was denied. The only question before this court is whether sufficient evidence had been adduced to justify this ruling.

The principal witness for the Government was a park policeman whose testimony may be summarized...

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