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BOLET v. UNITED STATES

No. 79-652.

417 A.2d 386 (1980)

Lawrence M. BOLET, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 13, 1980.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin G. Bergman, Riverdale, Md., for appellant.

Thomas C. Hill, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Michael W. Farrell and James M. Hanny, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, NEBEKER and PRYOR, Associate Judges.

KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was found guilty of false pretenses, D.C. Code 1973, § 22-1301, by the Honorable Leonard Braman, sitting without a jury. On appeal, he challenges Judge Braman's ruling that a conviction for false pretenses may lie where the misrepresentation is made to a third party rather than directly to the victim. We agree with the analysis contained in Judge Braman's excellent opinion, attached as an appendix hereto and adopt it as our own...

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