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HAWKINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 8312.

329 A.2d 781 (1974)

Rocco HAWKINS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 16, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin J. Callaghan, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Harry R. Benner, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Charles J. Harkins, Jr., and Steven R. Schaars, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and KERN and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

This appeal from a robbery conviction (D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2901) presents a sufficiency of identification — fingerprint — issue. Finding precedents which appellant urges as controlling to be distinguishable, we affirm.

The government's case on identity consisted solely of fingerprint evidence found on a dresser which was ransacked during the robbery. The complaining witness, Mrs. Mayo, was robbed in her home by...

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