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CHATMAN v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 9714, 9739.

377 A.2d 1155 (1977)

Wilton W. CHATMAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. James E. LEWIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noel H. Thompson, Arlington, Va., appointed by the court, for appellant Lewis.

Michael L. Rankin, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant Chatman.

Frederick H. Weisberg, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance on behalf of appellant Chatman.

Douglas J. Behr, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, William D. Pease and John T. Kotelly, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief for appellee.

Before KELLY, YEAGLEY and HARRIS, Associate Judges.

KELLY, Associate Judge:

On November 24, 1973, Letcher (a/k/a Jesse) Long, his wife, and his ten-year-old daughter were accosted by two men, at least one of whom was armed, while their car was stopped at a traffic light around Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W. The assailants said they had been after Long for three days and ordered him to drive to his apartment on Brothers Place, S.E. Once there, appellant Chatman, who had been following the car in appellant...

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