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PEOPLES v. UNITED STATES

No. 7437.

329 A.2d 446 (1974)

Thomas PEOPLES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 10, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Keats, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Justin D. Simon, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and James F. McMullin, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KERN and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.

YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:

Appellant, charged by indictment with first degree premeditated murder,1 was found guilty by a jury of murder in the second degree. Three of the trial court rulings he assigns as error on appeal merit our consideration: (1) the refusal of the court to give an instruction that mere presence at the scene was insufficient to establish guilt; (2) the restrictions imposed on that part of defense counsel's closing argument...

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