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STARKES v. UNITED STATES

No. 79-919.

427 A.2d 437 (1981)

Paris L. STARKES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 19, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Kenneth Mundy, Washington, D. C., with whom William Francis X. Becker, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellant.

Barry M. Tapp, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, John R. Fisher and Bette E. Uhrmacher, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KERN and PRYOR, Associate Judges.

NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of rape while armed and other related offenses. He raises three contentions on appeal, only one of which merits discussion — that the court erred in allowing testimony concerning actions of a trained tracking dog.1 We conclude that the trial court committed no reversible error and affirm.

At 9:30 p. m. on October 19, 1977, complainant left home and walked toward...

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