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WASHINGTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 13256.

434 A.2d 394 (1980)

Joseph WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Trepel, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed, John A. Terry, Steven D. Gordon and Jerry D. Bernstein, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KELLY, KERN, GALLAGHER, NEBEKER, HARRIS, MACK, FERREN and PRYOR, Associate Judges.

KERN, Associate Judge:

In October 1976, appellant followed a fellow passenger, after they had both alighted from a bus, and stabbed him with a knife. Appellant was arrested a few days later and released to a third party on personal recognizance. Subsequently, he failed to appear in the trial court either for his preliminary hearing or for arraignment. In December 1976, the grand jury indicated appellant for assault with a...

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