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HUGHES v. UNITED STATES

No. 81-317.

429 A.2d 1339 (1981)

Jackie HUGHES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 30, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Mertens, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., with whom Silas J. Wasserstrom, Washington, D. C., and Allie J. Sheffield, Public Defender Service, were on the pleadings, for appellant.

William J. Birney, Asst. U. S. Atty, Washington, D. C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty. and John A. Terry, Michael W. Farrell, and Alan D. Strasser, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the pleadings, for appellee.

Before KELLY, HARRIS and MACK, Associate Judges.

HARRIS, Associate Judge:

In the interest of expedition, we keep our treatment of this case abbreviated. It had its genesis in the armed robbery and murder of Richard G. Edwards. Mr. Edwards was the manager of a restaurant in Bethesda, Maryland. On March 2, 1981, he was taking money to a banking institution across Wisconsin Avenue from the restaurant. He was set upon by a black male, who shot him and took the money. Mr. Edwards was licensed to carry a .25 caliber pistol...

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