LEISS v. UNITED STATES

No. 9734.

364 A.2d 803 (1976)

Jack Kenneth LEISS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey McC. Johnson, law student counsel appointed by the court, with whom Michael E. Geltner, Washington, D.C., also appointed by the court, was on the brief, for appellant.

Daniel A. DeRose, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U.S. Atty., and John A. Terry and Robert M. McNamara, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FICKLING, HARRIS and MACK, Associate Judges.


HARRIS, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted in a jury trial of unlawful entry. D.C.Code 1973, § 22-3102. He challenges the validity of the statutory provision upon which his conviction is based, both on its face and as applied. Appellant also contends that the trial court erred in its charge to the jury concerning his "good faith" defense. We affirm.

At 10:45 a.m. on January 29, 1975, appellant, together with a codefendant who has not appealed, entered...

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