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COOMBS v. UNITED STATES

No. 11804.

399 A.2d 1313 (1979)

Frederick D. COOMBS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Gill, Jr., Rockville, Md., with whom Thomas J. Sippel, Rockville, Md., was on the brief, for appellant.

William J. Cassidy, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Roger M. Adelman, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

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

MACK, Associate Judge:

Following a jury trial, appellant was found guilty of robbery and kidnapping in violation of D.C.Code 1973, §§ 22-2901 and -2101. On appeal, he assigns as error 1) the "missing witness" instruction given to the jury by the trial court, 2) the admission of evidence of other crimes relating to the rape and robbery of another victim, and 3) the admission of rebuttal evidence concerning appellant's claimed military service. Because we...

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