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GALE v. UNITED STATES

No. 12263.

391 A.2d 230 (1978)

Melvin GALE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 1, 1978.

As Amended September 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig W. Hulvey, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Jay B. Stephens, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Judith Hetherton, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KERN, YEAGLEY and HARRIS, Associate Judges.

YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a Superior Court jury on February 28, 1977, of one count of first-degree burglary and one count of grand larceny. His motion for a new trial was denied on March 24, 1977, and he was sentenced subsequently to 12-40 years on the former charge and a concurrent 3-9 years on the latter.

The circumstances which gave rise to the charges occurred at a rooming house in Northwest Washington on the morning of January...

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