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MATTER OF W. B. W.

Nos. 12299, 12305.

397 A.2d 143 (1979)

In the Matter of W.B.W., Jr., Appellant. In the Matter of T.E.W., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 4, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Whalen, Jr., Washington, D. C., appointed by the court, for appellant W.B.W., Jr.

Jeffrey B. O'Toole, Washington, D. C., appointed by the court, for appellant T.E.W.

David P. Sutton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John R. Risher, Jr., Corp. Counsel, when the brief was filed, and Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee District of Columbia.

Before KELLY, GALLAGHER and HARRIS, Associate Judges.

HARRIS, Associate Judge:

Appellants W.B.W., Jr., (hereinafter W.) and T.E.W. (hereinafter T.), who are brothers and juveniles, seek to overturn their having been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2405, and malicious burning of property, id., § 22-403. We affirm the manslaughter findings, but reverse the findings on malicious burning of property.

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