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LAMPKINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 12151.

401 A.2d 966 (1979)

Albert LAMPKINS, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lois R. Goodman, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Wayne P. Williams, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Peter E. George and Judith Hetherton, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and GALLAGHER and MACK, Associate Judges.

GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of robbery1 and possession of implements of a crime.2 He challenges his conviction on three grounds: (1) an expert witness was erroneously permitted to state his opinion that the testimony in this case established a case of robbery by pickpocket; (2) a proper cautionary instruction on the use of expert testimony was omitted; and (3) the...

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