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MARTIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 81-1099.

452 A.2d 360 (1982)

Melvin MARTIN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 27, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Dash, Steven H. Goldblatt, Washington, D.C., G. Richard Strafer, and Terrence S. Hartman, LS # 3103, on brief, for appellant.

Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., with whom John A. Terry, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, John R. Fisher, Natalia M. Combs, and E. Anne McKinsey, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., on brief, for appellee.

Before KERN and MACK, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.

PER CURIAM:

On June 25, 1981, appellant was found guilty by a jury of simple assault, D.C.Code 1981, § 22-504. Appellant challenges his conviction by contending that the trial court erred in refusing to give requested jury instructions and by allowing the prosecutor to comment on his failure to explain to police his actions upon arrest. We affirm.

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Appellant first argues that the trial court should...

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