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JENKINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 79-563.

415 A.2d 545 (1980)

Albert JENKINS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Horn, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, was on brief for appellant.

Charles F.C. Ruff, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., and John A. Terry, Michael W. Farrell, Ronald Dixon, and James F. Rutherford, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, HARRIS, Associate Judge, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.

HARRIS, Associate Judge:

A jury convicted appellant of a willful failure to appear for trial in violation of D.C.Code 1973, § 23-1327. He argues on appeal that the trial judge committed prejudicial error in ruling that certain proffered defense testimony was inadmissible hearsay. We conclude that the hearsay ruling was erroneous, but that it was harmless. We therefore affirm.

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Appellant was scheduled to appear before the Superior Court as the...

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