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CURRY v. UNITED STATES

No. 7218.

322 A.2d 268 (1974)

Cecil R. CURRY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 19, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerrold Scoutt, Jr., Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, James F. Flanagan and Michael G. Scheininger, Asst. U. S. Attys., for appellee.

Before KERN, NEBEKER and PAIR, Associate Judges.

PAIR, Associate Judge:

On this appeal from a conviction for second degree murder,1 error is claimed in permitting the government to cross-examine appellant in respect to his prior criminal record and his reputation for carrying a gun. In addition, plain error is claimed in the court's instructions on manslaughter and second degree murder. Because the court gave the standard jury instructions to...

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