UNITED STATES v. PHILLIPS

No. 72-1859.

476 F.2d 538 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America v. Clinton L. PHILLIPS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorothy R. Burakreis*, with whom Heathcote W. Wales, Sherman L. Cohn and Linda Blumenfeld* (all appointed by this court), were on the brief, for appellant.

Richard S. Vermeire, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry and Kenneth Michael Robinson, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WRIGHT and TAMM, Circuit Judges, and DAVIES, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant, charged in a two-count indictment with second degree murder, a violation of 22 D.C.Code § 2403 (1967), and with carrying a dangerous weapon without a license, a violation of 22 D.C. Code § 3204 (1967), appeals from his conviction of the latter crime.

We reach only appellant's contention that the prosecutor's improper closing and rebuttal arguments were so highly prejudicial as to require reversal.

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