JONES v. UNITED STATES

No. 10694.

374 A.2d 854 (1977)

Paul JONES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 31, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip C. Jones, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, was on the brief for appellant.

Earl J. Silbert, U.S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Stanley M. Weinberg, and Neil I. Levy, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before KELLY and HARRIS, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.


PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired:

Charged with attempted robbery,1 appellant was, after a jury trial, found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of one to three years. On this appeal, reversible error is claimed in the trial court's refusal to give a requested "lesser included offense" jury instruction. Finding no error, we affirm.

The testimony of the complaining witness, a Ms. Maloney, corroborated by that of her companion...

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