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GIVENS v. UNITED STATES

No. 11724.

385 A.2d 24 (1978)

John C. GIVENS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard J. Schwartz, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Edward D. Ross, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on brief for appellee.

Before KERN, YEAGLEY and MACK, Associate Judges.

MACK, Associate Judge:

Appellant John Givens was charged with second-degree murder while armed (D.C. Code 1973, §§ 22-2401, -3203) and second-degree murder (D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2401), and was found guilty of the lesser-included offenses of manslaughter while armed (D.C. Code 1973, §§ 22-2401, -3202) and manslaughter (D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2401). On appeal, he contends that the government's closing argument to the jury concerning the significance...

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