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CHRISTOPHER v. UNITED STATES

No. 79-419.

415 A.2d 803 (1980)

Kirt L. CHRISTOPHER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary S. Mininsohn, Rockville, Md., appointed by this court, for appellant.

James F. Rutherford, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty. and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before GALLAGHER, MACK and FERREN, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Kirt L. Christopher appeals the trial court's sua sponte correction of an earlier, illegal sentence — after Christopher had begun to serve that sentence — by imposing a period of incarceration greater than the one originally ordered. We conclude that the trial court acted within its scope of discretion in sentencing. Accordingly, we affirm.

I.

After pleading guilty to grand larceny, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2201,...

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