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BARRETT v. UNITED STATES

No. 9377.

377 A.2d 62 (1977)

James BARRETT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 24, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Anthony Fitch, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for appellant. Frederick H. Weisberg, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellant.

Frederick A. Douglas, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Peter A. Chapin, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, KERN and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree and arson1 upon testimony that he had set fire to the house of Mrs. Katurah Moore, causing the death of one of her children and the severe burning of another. Out of the jury's presence appellant proffered to the court the testimony of five witnesses bearing on the issue of appellant's alleged insanity at the time of the...

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