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WHALEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 8583.

379 A.2d 1152 (1977)

Thomas W. WHALEN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Gary Kohlman, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Peter E. George, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, FICKLING and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.

YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:

At 12:30 p. m. on September 10, 1972, the partially clothed body of 26-year-old Rebecca Rieser was found lying on the floor of her room at the McLean Gardens complex in northwest Washington, D. C. The medical examiner's office determined that Ms. Rieser died sometime between 10:30 a. m. and 12:30 p. m. on that day. They discovered abrasions and signs of trauma about her neck and face, and concluded that death was caused by manual strangulation...

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