JENKINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 9403.

374 A.2d 581 (1977)

Larry J. JENKINS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 23, 1977.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 30, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Fireison, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Theodore A. Shmanda, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., for appellee. Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty. and John A. Terry, Stuart M. Gerson, N. Richard Janis and Michael I. Gewirtz, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before KERN, HARRIS and MACK, Associate Judges.


MACK, Associate Judge:

Appellant was charged and convicted in a jury trial of first-degree burglary (D.C. Code 1973, § 22-1801(a)), grand larceny (id. § 22-2201), and malicious destruction of property (id. § 22-403). On appeal he contends that reversal is required because of prejudicial prosecutorial misconduct in the rebuttal argument and improper cross-examination with regard to his prior convictions.1 After...

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