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BROWN v. UNITED STATES

No. 11071.

387 A.2d 728 (1978)

Joseph L. BROWN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 26, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Nerenberg, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Neil I. Levy, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, William D. Pease and Theodore A. Shmanda, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before KERN, HARRIS and FERREN, Associate Judges.

KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellant, following a jury trial, was found guilty of armed robbery, D.C.Code 1973, §§ 22-2901, -3202, and carrying a pistol without a license, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-3204. On appeal, appellant contends that oral references to "photographs" made by the prosecutor in his opening statement at trial and elicited from a Police Department detective by the prosecutor on direct examination improperly "telegraphed" his criminal record to...

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