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WATTS v. UNITED STATES

No. 7777.

362 A.2d 706 (1976)

Stanley WATTS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 28, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Levie, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Carl S. Rauh, Principal Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D.C., argued for appellee. Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty. and John A. Terry and James F. McMullin, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and KELLY, FICKLING, KERN, GALLAGHER, NEBEKER, YEAGLEY and HARRIS, Associate Judges.

HARRIS, Associate Judge:

A jury found appellant guilty of burglary in the first degree, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-1801(a), and two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, id. § 22-502.

In an opinion issued November 26, 1974, a division of this court, by a vote of 2-1, reversed the convictions and ordered a new trial on the ground that the trial court erred in instructing the jury that if it found that all elements of the charged offenses had...

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